This week I took my first ever shots in
RAW and there's no going back... 4,000 brightness levels versus 256 is a no-brainer but the resulting file size is going to play havoc with my trigger happy tendencies. Methinks I might need to purchase an enormo-memory card.
I've always had an issue with Photoshop. I can tinker with contrast, brightness and saturation levels but I reckon I only understand about 1% of what it can do. There are too many windows, toolbars, buttons, sub-buttons hiding inside other buttons... it scares me.
I planned to get out on campus and take some dramatic wide angle RAW shots of the Whitworth Building but Manchester did what it does best ALL week so I'm afraid I ended up with a pot plant instead.
This week's class was a real eye-opener for me. Here's the results of manipulating the RAW image in Photoshop:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ1AQRBlQa0v1AujgQ16VAikEFGO8XT5e8JdqSESBpdUYox9M7lvDryYwLTsCK-7wCP5qHHS6HeRCnLbbvggzImzMVmMEqkehB1Ulfy_DYRNXZUKpna0ZRq4GVz_I1WNsllOz_unsSMwHW/s400/scurve.jpg) |
Applying an s-curve accentuates the highlights and lowlights |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhANvRloQ4hdaT_yfJ1Ia3oO2OV-2fwqO9ot9NyVtas-agG7ZCPqj6fkaFzhN9HgytIqgQCxlyb-pm2EKRdE_vsnyaK_JjeSt-4SItSh6IXOYPtX9KopQfdNPCwKcP2vmbp4ZeEugYTJfn1/s400/retro.jpg) |
A more extreme s-curve creates a retro feel |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibn5RwNXKTD4IbCP8g1_XEA_DhjUmBBR74DFnF2UYqUTHxl8y0NGsvFpEjY1vNigudePaoTsp9HxX5EctXeEpsUUcGva3MYTC1q8GXK7TfZdpS0aYHeAEeD7cEj5gkls4nrbPTxN3WTDJ-/s400/reds.jpg) |
Playing around with saturation levels, picking up on the red edges of the plant |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU0nufrmzmrzn6Z9SmZe2XlDdBnqnFr9lqL6NtyOdCkCQCGdEfhx_J4_ePCKRyLhDL5Dsrggnc33ZRlvj33D8fT8VIUehSxERKN487GMBpurBkIte35fbZdz-zp5Dm7Am9l5aV9SzXP7Hq/s400/greens.jpg) |
As before but this time picking up on the green in the image |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhai3Z6ScVokyoU6oDatBr2Si_frFN8ngSyY99wo4bTWhhxuix1e30BqdYX-lP1KTmi-Em421Wpz9Tm3Olx4TqMttQcz6wyVn4nyjnk0Jj7u-AzP7-gDWRBlOXhFTjDHw4xyEgFl_ABdtPU/s400/negative.jpg) |
Just for fun ;) |
1 comment:
Tinker taylor..... the amazing results of camera RAW and curves have taken you by storm I see. There are endless possibilities with these tools and in relation to creativity they are a dream to work with. Enjoying the work.
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