[Leica] Old Photographs

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

I have been whiling away my time in the second lockdown by processing
afresh old RAW files from my Africa trips starting with 2008, using the
modern post processing tools available, some of which are frankly
astonishing in what they achieve. The biggest advantage of digital over
film, IMHO, is the ability to treat the RAW file as an unprocessed film,
again and again, as many times as we wish. The software that I used for
this purpose consisted of a mix of some (but never nearly all) of DXO
PureRAW, Luminar 4, Luminar AI, Nik Collection 4, Topaz Sharpen AI, Topaz
Denoise AI and my old standby, the Photokit Suite - with Lightroom CC and
Photoshop CC. Phew!

 Here is the first set, then:

Pied Piper:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_Storks.jpg.html

The Hunt:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_Storks.jpg.html

Family Portrait 1:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_Cheetah3.jpg.html

Family Portrait 2:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_Cheetah7.jpg.html

Walkabout:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_Cheetah1.jpg.html

Training Session:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_Cheetah5.jpg.html

Red Eyes:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_Cheetah4.jpg.html

Two Headed Hydra:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_Cheetah9.jpg.html

Play:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_AfricanElephant.jpg.html

Reassurance:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_AfricanElephant2.jpg.html

Food Security:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_NileCrocodile.jpg.html

First Steps:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_Zebra.jpg.html

I have posted the images quite large so that viewers can see all the fine
details that have been retained, coupled with the lack of noise, in these
photographs, thanks to the PP tools at our command nowadays. These were
mainly taken with Nikon APS-C bodies that we could not use beyond ISO 400 -
even ISO 800 used to be a stretch! Those were the days!

Comments/Criticism/Suggestions are, as ever, most welcome.

Cheers
Jayanand