First proper attempt with RAW files

Invasion · 19 Mar 2013 at 16:28

Iv'e been having a play with Lightroom today, and this is my first real attempt at improving a picture. I am quiet pleased with the result.

Going to take all my pictures in RAW now. I have a copy of: Adobe Classroom in a book Lightroom 4. Going to have a good to read tonight

Nothing special, just a snap of the dog with his stick obsession. Any opinions appreciated anything I could do to improve the detail etc etc
First one jpg out the camera:

Second RAW and the converted to jpg:

theheyes · 19 Mar 2013 at 16:33

Is your screen calibrated?

Invasion · 19 Mar 2013 at 16:46

theheyes said:
Is your screen calibrated?

No haven't got round to that yet. does it look odd on your screen?

King Damager · 19 Mar 2013 at 16:58

Not sure if your WB is right..

kd

Invasion · 19 Mar 2013 at 17:03

King Damager said:
Not sure if your WB is right..

kd

I will have to calibrate it I guess, just to make sure. looking at the dog now, his white fur, looks spot on to my screen

Mp4 · 19 Mar 2013 at 17:15

The before shot looks more white than the edit

Invasion · 19 Mar 2013 at 17:17

Mp4 said:
The before shot looks more white than the edit

In a bad way ? Derek is more off white than white.

Mp4 · 19 Mar 2013 at 17:21

Invasion said:
In a bad way ? Derek is more off white than white.

not in a bad way, slightly more yellow/orange

42zx · 19 Mar 2013 at 19:00

Use adjustment brush on his face a bit, touch of clarity and maybe increase shadows a bit. Then use another brush to lighten his eyes a bit.

xaldub · 19 Mar 2013 at 22:48

Agreed, the RAW conversion looks a bit yellow/orange to me. The colour on the original looks more correct, just needs a bit of a bump up in exposure .... and maybe some use of the shadows slider. Apply clarity if you want to extract a bit more detail from his fur etc ...

Cool dog I might add

Phal · 19 Mar 2013 at 23:28

Looks fine to me

as you said, I doubt your dog is perfectly white hehe

Invasion · 20 Mar 2013 at 21:13

xaldub said:
Agreed, the RAW conversion looks a bit yellow/orange to me. The colour on the original looks more correct, just needs a bit of a bump up in exposure .... and maybe some use of the shadows slider. Apply clarity if you want to extract a bit more detail from his fur etc ...

Cool dog I might add

thanks he is quite a character

Phal said:
Looks fine to me as you said, I doubt your dog is perfectly white hehe

Thanks

he isn't although I've had another go with the white balance and maybe this is better ?

Phal · 20 Mar 2013 at 22:46

Tbh I think that's up to you more than anything else

Sometimes I process an image to look like how I remember the scene whereas sometimes I just make it look however I feel it should look.

I guess now you can compare the two and decide which one you prefer!

a1ex2001 · 21 Mar 2013 at 13:12

Final shot looks better the first edit was a bit to warm/orange for me. Could still use a quick shadow boost to bring out his eyes.

Busa · 21 Mar 2013 at 15:38

If it looks good to your eye then go with that....i PP mine to look how i want them to look.

Phal · 21 Mar 2013 at 16:38

Busa said:
If it looks good to your eye then go with that....i PP mine to look how i want them to look.

Same