On Jan 12, 2007, at 22:34, Charles Robinson wrote: > > 2.5 meg JPEG linked below - large file, sorry. And it's not very > good but it's the best I was capable of while using a purloined key > to go out on the roof during work! > > http://charles.robinsontwins.org/images/imgp5058b.jpg > > Did anyone else manage to finally see this elusive thing? >
I've resized a few of the more-workable images and they are now visible in a much-more palatable web-sized resolution. http://charles.robinsontwins.org/2006_comet/index.html I must say... I decided for the first time in 3 years to shoot RAW last night because I saw that the contrast was crappy and I knew I would really have to work with these images to get anything workable out of them at all. The first 3 images are all the exact same exposure - but I was able to use different tricks (and I am still experimenting) to try and draw out the darned thing to make it visible. The things I was doing with curves and levels would certainly not have been possible with JPEG - the image would have been completely destroyed by some of those severe settings. SO I'll say this: For the critical, never-going-to-get-it-again images, I can see that RAW is definitely a valuable resource. But for most of my shooting (which is glorified snapshots) I'll stick with JPEG for the sheer simplicity of it all. It is nice to have options. -Charles -- Charles Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
