Jan 19, 2016, 13:58
Today, after our discussions on raw v JPEG, I picked up my Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z3 and took some photos of my star "model", Lucy. The first image showed me my classic mistake. I thought the camera was set to Auto but it was set to Manual. A totally useless exposure. But was it.
Remember that this is a fairly low quality JPEG image (3.9 Mp), after about an hour with Lightroom and Photoshop CS4 I was able to produce a perfectly acceptable photo. I say "acceptable", it will never win a photo competition, but for the target audience, the immediate family, it is a good photo of their favourite pet.
Here are the two images, as a JPEG image straight from the camera, and after a lot of exposure compensation.
Dimage Z3, 1/80 sec, f6,3, ISO 100, 420mm lens equivalent, onboard flash.
Remember that this is a fairly low quality JPEG image (3.9 Mp), after about an hour with Lightroom and Photoshop CS4 I was able to produce a perfectly acceptable photo. I say "acceptable", it will never win a photo competition, but for the target audience, the immediate family, it is a good photo of their favourite pet.
Here are the two images, as a JPEG image straight from the camera, and after a lot of exposure compensation.
Dimage Z3, 1/80 sec, f6,3, ISO 100, 420mm lens equivalent, onboard flash.
Ask yourself, "What's most important for the final image?".