Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/06/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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