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Photo Realism Beckons

Started Oct 5, 2012 | Discussions thread
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brianj Forum Pro • Posts: 14,657
Photo Realism Beckons

I don't mind wayout styles for fun or effect, but when I want to capture something realistically then I need to know my camera and have it tuned so it brings home the goods.

Using the EX1, the first thing I have implemented is Image Adjust, Saturation +1 as I find the default colour a bit flat.

I have been working out how to get accurate skies and find that the AUTO WB of the EX1 sometimes tends rowards green a sort of torquise, so I am using the Daylight WB and making a slight user adjustment.  From the centre default, I have set it to X=-1, Y=-1.  This turnes out to be equal to 5300 Kelvin if the Kelvin WB is used as a comparison.  Unfortunately this daylight WB is no good for extreme artificial light or nighttime, so in those cases I change back to AUTO WB.  As I do most of my photography in the day this doesn't concern me too much.

I love the blue skies I am getting now, they are very realistic.

These are all OOC jpg except for the two boardwalks which were taken in backlit mode to increase DR, and also have increased saturation.  Take the time to expand them fully and see the details in these.

Shark Attack

Warm Day at the Beach

ZigZag Boardwalk

Onto the Boardwalk

Long Bridge

Stratton Terrace

Brian

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