Yes. On re-reading your note, I see that the LR export was THE LOW QUALITY JPEG. I suppose you tried less than a +5 exposure comp. That might have saved you some work. But the K-5 is a joy to work with. Regards, Bob S.
On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:50 AM, Charles Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > These images ARE produced from a RAW image. > > On Sep 29, 2014, at 17:36 , Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You ought to try that with a RAW image for best results. >> >> On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 1:11 PM, Don Guthrie <[email protected]> wrote: >>> You know I like them both in their own way. The 1st one has a certain drama >>> b&w high contrast. But I appreciate the information in the improved version >>> which changes the subject to include the pool and people. >>> >>> On 9/29/14, 1:00 PM, [email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>> Message: 3 >>>> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 12:25:59 -0500 >>>> From: Charles Robinson<[email protected]> >>>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List<[email protected]> >>>> Subject: PESO: Washington Monument (and in praise of the dynamic range >>>> on the K5) >>>> Message-ID:<[email protected]> >>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >>>> >>>> I can't say enough good things about what you can do with pulling up >>>> detail from the shadows in the K5. >>>> >>>> Saturday night, the wife and I pedaled around Washington DC taking photos >>>> of the monuments. One shot I did, I figured "well, the contrast is too >>>> much >>>> but I'll just expose for the brights and see what else I can get in post". >>>> >>>> So, I spot-metered on the Washington monument, and took this 13-second >>>> exposure at f/9 and ISO 100. As you can see, the image "straight out of >>>> the >>>> camera" is not much to write home about: >>>> >>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/cpbyheptagcykqj/K5__4359-original.jpg?dl=0 >>>> >>>> However, in LR I did only two (very-drastic) adjustments: >>>> >>>> 1. I jammed the exposure slider all the way up (+5 stops) >>>> 2. I pulled the highlights all the way down (-100) >>>> >>>> The result is this. Not high art, but a good-enough documentation of what >>>> I saw when I was there: >>>> >>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/7djxrsj2pwcfl0e/K5__4359-processed.jpg?dl=0 >>>> >>>> There is some mottling up in the sky due to it being a low-quality JPEG >>>> export (and there's also a speck of dust on my darned sensor!) but still - >>>> wow. >>>> >>>> -Charles >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > > -Charles > > -- > Charles Robinson - [email protected] > Minneapolis, MN > http://charles.robinsontwins.org > http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
