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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 259610" data-attributes="member: 9240"><p>Like Moab Man, I would love to see the inside of the cave a little better. The D5200 has a nice sensor and I'm thinking you can probably pull some more out of the darker areas inside - at least you can if you shot raw. Even from the low res, ISO 800 jpeg you've uploaded I was able to brighten up the inside of the cave considerably without adding too much noise in no time. Not sure what tools you're using, but even just a basic midrange level adjustment (ctrl/command-L in Photoshop or Elements) brings out the inside of the cave very quickly...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]70831[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>...and from there you can go about fine tuning the rest, bringing out the various details and darkening the sky a bit from what the level adjustment gave you. </p><p></p><p>Camera sensors have gotten so good lately that I've found I can do a pseudo-HDR process with a single image. Unlike single image tone mapping, which compresses the look a little too much for my tastes, what I've done is to make a copy of the original RAW file (I use virtual copies in Lightroom if you have access to that tool) and do only an exposure adjustment to the each copy. For something like yours, if it's exposed for the sky then I would likely do a +1EV and a +2EV copy, etc. until I could see all the details I wanted in the cave. Then I'd send those into my HDR process (note, you'll need to manually adjust EV's in the metadata or in the tool - HDR Efex Pro allows you to input them in the merge dialogue). </p><p></p><p>It's a really cool image, and I'd love to have access to a place like that to shoot. If you can get back it's definitely worth trying some bracketed series and doing some HDR, but if you've got RAW files then I think you have all you need to make this one pop.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 259610, member: 9240"] Like Moab Man, I would love to see the inside of the cave a little better. The D5200 has a nice sensor and I'm thinking you can probably pull some more out of the darker areas inside - at least you can if you shot raw. Even from the low res, ISO 800 jpeg you've uploaded I was able to brighten up the inside of the cave considerably without adding too much noise in no time. Not sure what tools you're using, but even just a basic midrange level adjustment (ctrl/command-L in Photoshop or Elements) brings out the inside of the cave very quickly... [ATTACH=CONFIG]70831._xfImport[/ATTACH] ...and from there you can go about fine tuning the rest, bringing out the various details and darkening the sky a bit from what the level adjustment gave you. Camera sensors have gotten so good lately that I've found I can do a pseudo-HDR process with a single image. Unlike single image tone mapping, which compresses the look a little too much for my tastes, what I've done is to make a copy of the original RAW file (I use virtual copies in Lightroom if you have access to that tool) and do only an exposure adjustment to the each copy. For something like yours, if it's exposed for the sky then I would likely do a +1EV and a +2EV copy, etc. until I could see all the details I wanted in the cave. Then I'd send those into my HDR process (note, you'll need to manually adjust EV's in the metadata or in the tool - HDR Efex Pro allows you to input them in the merge dialogue). It's a really cool image, and I'd love to have access to a place like that to shoot. If you can get back it's definitely worth trying some bracketed series and doing some HDR, but if you've got RAW files then I think you have all you need to make this one pop. [/QUOTE]
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