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Before and After: - show your post-processing prowess
Our forum stalwart, Pat Moore, made an excellent suggestion which I am now making good on. When you snap the photo with your camera, the actual final result may be the final stop on what is sometimes a long journey. This is what 'post-processing' is about.
You may simply need to do some tidying-up, like cropping and a bit of brightness adjustment. Such simple changes can make a big difference. More dramatic changes are also possible, particularly if you use RAW files.
A conversion from colour to black and white is a good example. Here is the image that Pat preferred in the recent salon competition, which had the theme of 'black and white'.
And here is the original RAW file as it appeared in Adobe Lightroom, without any adjustments:
This example involved a fairly severe crop and a straightening of the horizon. I preferred the off-set to the right for a more 'rule of thirds' composition.
With RAW files you can adjust each primary colour channel independently. This is great for correcting colours but also with a mono conversion great for adjusting the blend of greys, which after all are colours in the original file.
That's one example from me - now I'm inviting you to do the same; post an original out-of-the camera file and then the image you finally worked to achieve.
I think Pat may have envisaged this as a contest like the Salon and it may well yet turn into one, but in the meantime let's explore the possibilities.
As usual, comments are very welcome!
Ian
You may simply need to do some tidying-up, like cropping and a bit of brightness adjustment. Such simple changes can make a big difference. More dramatic changes are also possible, particularly if you use RAW files.
A conversion from colour to black and white is a good example. Here is the image that Pat preferred in the recent salon competition, which had the theme of 'black and white'.
And here is the original RAW file as it appeared in Adobe Lightroom, without any adjustments:
This example involved a fairly severe crop and a straightening of the horizon. I preferred the off-set to the right for a more 'rule of thirds' composition.
With RAW files you can adjust each primary colour channel independently. This is great for correcting colours but also with a mono conversion great for adjusting the blend of greys, which after all are colours in the original file.
That's one example from me - now I'm inviting you to do the same; post an original out-of-the camera file and then the image you finally worked to achieve.
I think Pat may have envisaged this as a contest like the Salon and it may well yet turn into one, but in the meantime let's explore the possibilities.
As usual, comments are very welcome!
Ian
). You saw the opportunity and a judicious crop and tone adjustment made it special.
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