X-T2 @ Yosemite Today SOOC

On Tue, 16 May 2017 20:58:44 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:

On 2017-05-17 02:10:39 +0000, John McWilliams said:

On 5/16/17 PDT 4:50 AM, sid wrote:
Savageduck wrote:

I took a drive up to Yosemite today. Here are few shots SOOC, loaded into
my iPhone (I don't have my iPad or laptop with me) and then to Dropbox.
I did a little noodling about with my X-T2 shooting RAW+JPEG. These are a
few of the SOOC JPEGs. There are some where I tried some longer exposures
with fast running water.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3ru4r3z0oad73sj/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2038%2001.jpeg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/olv8r01v0cmdv6w/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2037%2026.jpeg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/h0mcxgeppn1upww/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2035%2018.jpeg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/aze9uofuhv2di5v/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2030%2038.jpeg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3bw6qp8icze5pin/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2031%2049.jpeg

Anyway

I am spending the night here, so I will be shooting more in the
morning.

Whilst the detail contained within the shots is all good they are all a bit
underexposed and lack contrast. They are all greatly improved with just a
slight S curve applied in your curves tool of choice.


Not sure I agree; I rather like the muted tones on an overcast day.

Here is a different take on Half-Dome, along with a few of the usual suspects:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/epgeyyp4avwbo5l/DSF4554-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fl816t3q54tjifw/DSF4570-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rj06j4oyn5tsut6/DSF4603-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rfkhzj7w7ir4q72/DSF4655-E2.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/f9vhnw0dtn8die2/DSF4715-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0kh2pu05ihl478p/DSF4623-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/e7lj081y5hqtihj/DSF4632-E.jpg

To me, they all seem to have a steely-gray look - almost a drab look.
--

Regards,

Eric Stevens

Savageduck wrote:

I am spending the night here, so I will be shooting more in the
morning.

Whilst the detail contained within the shots is all good they are all a
bit underexposed and lack contrast. They are all greatly improved with
just a slight S curve applied in your curves tool of choice.


Not sure I agree; I rather like the muted tones on an overcast day.

Here is a different take on Half-Dome, along with a few of the usual
suspects: https://www.dropbox.com/s/epgeyyp4avwbo5l/DSF4554-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fl816t3q54tjifw/DSF4570-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rj06j4oyn5tsut6/DSF4603-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rfkhzj7w7ir4q72/DSF4655-E2.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/f9vhnw0dtn8die2/DSF4715-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0kh2pu05ihl478p/DSF4623-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/e7lj081y5hqtihj/DSF4632-E.jpg

While I'm sure John McWilliams will be dissapointed with these as they are
not dull and dreary, I'm of the opinion that they look much better than the
sooc shots from earlier.

--
sid

On 5/16/2017 11:58 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2017-05-17 02:10:39 +0000, John McWilliams said:

On 5/16/17 PDT 4:50 AM, sid wrote:
Savageduck wrote:

I took a drive up to Yosemite today. Here are few shots SOOC, loaded
into
my iPhone (I don't have my iPad or laptop with me) and then to Dropbox.
I did a little noodling about with my X-T2 shooting RAW+JPEG. These
are a
few of the SOOC JPEGs. There are some where I tried some longer
exposures
with fast running water.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3ru4r3z0oad73sj/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2038%2001.jpeg


https://www.dropbox.com/s/olv8r01v0cmdv6w/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2037%2026.jpeg


https://www.dropbox.com/s/h0mcxgeppn1upww/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2035%2018.jpeg


https://www.dropbox.com/s/aze9uofuhv2di5v/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2030%2038.jpeg


https://www.dropbox.com/s/3bw6qp8icze5pin/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2031%2049.jpeg


Anyway

I am spending the night here, so I will be shooting more in the
morning.

Whilst the detail contained within the shots is all good they are all
a bit
underexposed and lack contrast. They are all greatly improved with
just a
slight S curve applied in your curves tool of choice.


Not sure I agree; I rather like the muted tones on an overcast day.

Here is a different take on Half-Dome, along with a few of the usual
suspects:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/epgeyyp4avwbo5l/DSF4554-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fl816t3q54tjifw/DSF4570-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rj06j4oyn5tsut6/DSF4603-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rfkhzj7w7ir4q72/DSF4655-E2.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/f9vhnw0dtn8die2/DSF4715-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0kh2pu05ihl478p/DSF4623-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/e7lj081y5hqtihj/DSF4632-E.jpg

Much better. Glad you didn't Siskerize the sky.;-)

--
PeterN

On 2017-05-17 09:08:57 +0000, Eric Stevens said:

On Tue, 16 May 2017 20:58:44 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:

On 2017-05-17 02:10:39 +0000, John McWilliams said:

On 5/16/17 PDT 4:50 AM, sid wrote:
Savageduck wrote:

I took a drive up to Yosemite today. Here are few shots SOOC, loaded into
my iPhone (I don't have my iPad or laptop with me) and then to Dropbox.
I did a little noodling about with my X-T2 shooting RAW+JPEG. These are a
few of the SOOC JPEGs. There are some where I tried some longer exposures
with fast running water.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3ru4r3z0oad73sj/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2038%2001.jpeg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/olv8r01v0cmdv6w/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2037%2026.jpeg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/h0mcxgeppn1upww/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2035%2018.jpeg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/aze9uofuhv2di5v/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2030%2038.jpeg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3bw6qp8icze5pin/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2031%2049.jpeg

Anyway

I

am spending the night here, so I will be shooting more in the
morning.

Whilst the detail contained within the shots is all good they are all a bit
underexposed and lack contrast. They are all greatly improved with just a
slight S curve applied in your curves tool of choice.


Not sure I agree; I rather like the muted tones on an overcast day.

Here is a different take on Half-Dome, along with a few of the usual suspects:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/epgeyyp4avwbo5l/DSF4554-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fl816t3q54tjifw/DSF4570-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rj06j4oyn5tsut6/DSF4603-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rfkhzj7w7ir4q72/DSF4655-E2.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/f9vhnw0dtn8die2/DSF4715-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0kh2pu05ihl478p/DSF4623-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/e7lj081y5hqtihj/DSF4632-E.jpg

To me, they all seem to have a steely-gray look - almost a drab look.

Well both days were pretty overcast and drab.

--
Regards,

Savageduck

On 2017-05-17 15:40:27 +0000, PeterN said:

On 5/16/2017 11:58 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2017-05-17 02:10:39 +0000, John McWilliams said:

On 5/16/17 PDT 4:50 AM, sid wrote:
Savageduck wrote:

I took a drive up to Yosemite today. Here are few shots SOOC, loaded
into my iPhone (I don't have my iPad or laptop with me) and then to Dropbox.
I did a little noodling about with my X-T2 shooting RAW+JPEG. These
are a few of the SOOC JPEGs. There are some where I tried some longer
exposures with fast running water.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3ru4r3z0oad73sj/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2038%2001.jpeg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/olv8r01v0cmdv6w/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2037%2026.jpeg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/h0mcxgeppn1upww/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2035%2018.jpeg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/aze9uofuhv2di5v/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2030%2038.jpeg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3bw6qp8icze5pin/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2031%2049.jpeg


Anyway

I am spending the night here, so I will be shooting more in the morning.

Whilst the detail contained within the shots is all good they are all
a bit underexposed and lack contrast. They are all greatly improved with
just a slight S curve applied in your curves tool of choice.


Not sure I agree; I rather like the muted tones on an overcast day.

Here is a different take on Half-Dome, along with a few of the usual
suspects:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/epgeyyp4avwbo5l/DSF4554-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fl816t3q54tjifw/DSF4570-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rj06j4oyn5tsut6/DSF4603-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rfkhzj7w7ir4q72/DSF4655-E2.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/f9vhnw0dtn8die2/DSF4715-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0kh2pu05ihl478p/DSF4623-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/e7lj081y5hqtihj/DSF4632-E.jpg

Much better. Glad you didn't Siskerize the sky.;-)

Aah, the memories of "Sisker Sort of Blue". ;-)

I wonder if there is a Pantone number for that color.


--
Regards,

Savageduck

On Wed, 17 May 2017 09:06:45 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:

On 2017-05-17 09:08:57 +0000, Eric Stevens said:

On Tue, 16 May 2017 20:58:44 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:

On 2017-05-17 02:10:39 +0000, John McWilliams said:

On 5/16/17 PDT 4:50 AM, sid wrote:
Savageduck wrote:

I took a drive up to Yosemite today. Here are few shots SOOC, loaded into
my iPhone (I don't have my iPad or laptop with me) and then to Dropbox.
I did a little noodling about with my X-T2 shooting RAW+JPEG. These are a
few of the SOOC JPEGs. There are some where I tried some longer exposures
with fast running water.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3ru4r3z0oad73sj/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2038%2001.jpeg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/olv8r01v0cmdv6w/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2037%2026.jpeg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/h0mcxgeppn1upww/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2035%2018.jpeg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/aze9uofuhv2di5v/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2030%2038.jpeg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3bw6qp8icze5pin/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2031%2049.jpeg

Anyway

I

am spending the night here, so I will be shooting more in the
morning.

Whilst the detail contained within the shots is all good they are all a bit
underexposed and lack contrast. They are all greatly improved with just a
slight S curve applied in your curves tool of choice.


Not sure I agree; I rather like the muted tones on an overcast day.

Here is a different take on Half-Dome, along with a few of the usual suspects:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/epgeyyp4avwbo5l/DSF4554-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fl816t3q54tjifw/DSF4570-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rj06j4oyn5tsut6/DSF4603-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rfkhzj7w7ir4q72/DSF4655-E2.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/f9vhnw0dtn8die2/DSF4715-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0kh2pu05ihl478p/DSF4623-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/e7lj081y5hqtihj/DSF4632-E.jpg

To me, they all seem to have a steely-gray look - almost a drab look.

Well both days were pretty overcast and drab.

The weather is always wrong when you take a special trip. Nevertheless
I suspect it's not just the weather and the lighting of the time.
--

Regards,

Eric Stevens

On 2017-05-17 23:30:06 +0000, Eric Stevens said:

On Wed, 17 May 2017 09:06:45 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:

On 2017-05-17 09:08:57 +0000, Eric Stevens said:

On Tue, 16 May 2017 20:58:44 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:

On 2017-05-17 02:10:39 +0000, John McWilliams said:

On 5/16/17 PDT 4:50 AM, sid wrote:
Savageduck wrote:

I took a drive up to Yosemite today. Here are few shots SOOC, loaded into
my iPhone (I don't have my iPad or laptop with me) and then to Dropbox.
I did a little noodling about with my X-T2 shooting RAW+JPEG. These are a
few of the SOOC JPEGs. There are some where I tried some longer exposures
with fast running water.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3ru4r3z0oad73sj/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2038%2001.jpeg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/olv8r01v0cmdv6w/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2037%2026.jpeg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/h0mcxgeppn1upww/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2035%2018.jpeg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/aze9uofuhv2di5v/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2030%2038.jpeg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3bw6qp8icze5pin/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2031%2049.jpeg

Anyway

I

am

spending the night here, so I will be shooting more in the
morning.

Whilst the detail contained within the shots is all good they are all a bit
underexposed and lack contrast. They are all greatly improved with just a
slight S curve applied in your curves tool of choice.


Not sure I agree; I rather like the muted tones on an overcast day.

Here is a different take on Half-Dome, along with a few of the usual suspects:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/epgeyyp4avwbo5l/DSF4554-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fl816t3q54tjifw/DSF4570-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rj06j4oyn5tsut6/DSF4603-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rfkhzj7w7ir4q72/DSF4655-E2.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/f9vhnw0dtn8die2/DSF4715-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0kh2pu05ihl478p/DSF4623-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/e7lj081y5hqtihj/DSF4632-E.jpg

To me, they all seem to have a steely-gray look - almost a drab look.

Well both days were pretty overcast and drab.

The weather is always wrong when you take a special trip. Nevertheless
I suspect it's not just the weather and the lighting of the time.

OK. Yeah, the granite had quite a lot to do with it.
--
Regards,

Savageduck

On 5/17/2017 7:46 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2017-05-17 23:30:06 +0000, Eric Stevens said:

On Wed, 17 May 2017 09:06:45 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:

On 2017-05-17 09:08:57 +0000, Eric Stevens
said:

On Tue, 16 May 2017 20:58:44 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:

On 2017-05-17 02:10:39 +0000, John McWilliams
said:

On 5/16/17 PDT 4:50 AM, sid wrote:
Savageduck wrote:

I took a drive up to Yosemite today. Here are few shots SOOC,
loaded into
my iPhone (I don't have my iPad or laptop with me) and then to
Dropbox.
I did a little noodling about with my X-T2 shooting RAW+JPEG.
These are a
few of the SOOC JPEGs. There are some where I tried some longer
exposures
with fast running water.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3ru4r3z0oad73sj/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2038%2001.jpeg


https://www.dropbox.com/s/olv8r01v0cmdv6w/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2037%2026.jpeg


https://www.dropbox.com/s/h0mcxgeppn1upww/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2035%2018.jpeg


https://www.dropbox.com/s/aze9uofuhv2di5v/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2030%2038.jpeg


https://www.dropbox.com/s/3bw6qp8icze5pin/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2031%2049.jpeg


Anyway

I

am

spending the night here, so I will be shooting more in the
morning.

Whilst the detail contained within the shots is all good they are
all a bit
underexposed and lack contrast. They are all greatly improved
with just a
slight S curve applied in your curves tool of choice.


Not sure I agree; I rather like the muted tones on an overcast day.

Here is a different take on Half-Dome, along with a few of the
usual suspects:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/epgeyyp4avwbo5l/DSF4554-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fl816t3q54tjifw/DSF4570-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rj06j4oyn5tsut6/DSF4603-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rfkhzj7w7ir4q72/DSF4655-E2.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/f9vhnw0dtn8die2/DSF4715-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0kh2pu05ihl478p/DSF4623-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/e7lj081y5hqtihj/DSF4632-E.jpg

To me, they all seem to have a steely-gray look - almost a drab look.

Well both days were pretty overcast and drab.

The weather is always wrong when you take a special trip. Nevertheless
I suspect it's not just the weather and the lighting of the time.

OK. Yeah, the granite had quite a lot to do with it.

Try noodling around with LAB. You may just be surprised at the tonal
range in the granite.

--
PeterN

On Wed, 17 May 2017 16:46:58 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:

On 2017-05-17 23:30:06 +0000, Eric Stevens said:

On Wed, 17 May 2017 09:06:45 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:

On 2017-05-17 09:08:57 +0000, Eric Stevens said:

On Tue, 16 May 2017 20:58:44 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:

On 2017-05-17 02:10:39 +0000, John McWilliams said:

On 5/16/17 PDT 4:50 AM, sid wrote:
Savageduck wrote:

I took a drive up to Yosemite today. Here are few shots SOOC, loaded into
my iPhone (I don't have my iPad or laptop with me) and then to Dropbox.
I did a little noodling about with my X-T2 shooting RAW+JPEG. These are a
few of the SOOC JPEGs. There are some where I tried some longer exposures
with fast running water.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3ru4r3z0oad73sj/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2038%2001.jpeg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/olv8r01v0cmdv6w/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2037%2026.jpeg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/h0mcxgeppn1upww/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2035%2018.jpeg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/aze9uofuhv2di5v/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2030%2038.jpeg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3bw6qp8icze5pin/File%20May%2014%2C%2017%2031%2049.jpeg

Anyway

I

am

spending the night here, so I will be shooting more in the
morning.

Whilst the detail contained within the shots is all good they are all a bit
underexposed and lack contrast. They are all greatly improved with just a
slight S curve applied in your curves tool of choice.


Not sure I agree; I rather like the muted tones on an overcast day.

Here is a different take on Half-Dome, along with a few of the usual suspects:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/epgeyyp4avwbo5l/DSF4554-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fl816t3q54tjifw/DSF4570-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rj06j4oyn5tsut6/DSF4603-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rfkhzj7w7ir4q72/DSF4655-E2.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/f9vhnw0dtn8die2/DSF4715-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0kh2pu05ihl478p/DSF4623-E.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/e7lj081y5hqtihj/DSF4632-E.jpg

To me, they all seem to have a steely-gray look - almost a drab look.

Well both days were pretty overcast and drab.

The weather is always wrong when you take a special trip. Nevertheless
I suspect it's not just the weather and the lighting of the time.

OK. Yeah, the granite had quite a lot to do with it.

There is more to it than that. The colors look slightly off and the
lightin is peculiar. I have had a quick go at one of your shots with
Photoshop although this required dabbling in unfamiliar territory. See
https://www.dropbox.com/s/s6dbcdd34m...3-EES.jpg?dl=0

I first had a go at haze in Lab mode and then applied individual
curves to R, G and B channels. Then I found it beneficial to slightly
increase the exposure and gamma. Finally I applied smart sharpening.

I should also add. until my X-Rite i1 arrives I am having to rely on
the original factory calibration of my monitors which are currently
set to AdobeRGB. This should really only affect the greener greens of
which there are few so it shouldn't be too wrong even when viewed in
sRGB.
--

Regards,

Eric Stevens

On Thu, 18 May 2017 15:55:30 +1200, Eric Stevens
wrote:

There is more to it than that. The colors look slightly off and the
lightin is peculiar. I have had a quick go at one of your shots with
Photoshop although this required dabbling in unfamiliar territory. See
https://www.dropbox.com/s/s6dbcdd34m...3-EES.jpg?dl=0

Now the sky is purple...