using a polariser & shooting raw

Seamus

I went for a walk this morning and took a few snaps along the way. I used a polariser filter and shot in raw:

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I think I may have overdone the contrast / saturation. Opinions, critisism and ridicule welcome :wink

System

I like the saturation but the contrast seems a bit high.

trossnagel

These are fantastic...I like the saturation AND the contrast...

I would love to see how they print...let us know how they turn out, if you decide to...

ridetwistyroads

THOSE are the kind of pics, especially the first one, that make me forget about exposure and contrast and blah blah blah.....

What great country side, what a beautifull area


Fwiw the saturation/contrast doesn't bother me. Maybe technicaly a tad over the top, but who cares? The photo's lend themselves to it very well.

USAIR

trossnagel wrote:

These are fantastic...I like the saturation AND the contrast...

I would love to see how they print...let us know how they turn out, if you decide to...

I agree...I like both

Print them out if you like them the their good

Fred

Seamus

Thanks for the great feedback folks, I don't use raw or the polariser filter much and wasn't confident about the results. I will get them printed and let you know how they turn out

rosselliot

you went walking....and saw ThAT?! ugh, how unfair...all we got in North Louisiana is pine trees and.....nothing else. maybe some hicks that I try hard not to associate myself with...
lol

Those are great shots, wish we had some landscapes as beautiful as that to take pictures on. Great job.

and the only think I noticed were the clouds - look a tad too bright (like the top left in the first photo), probably from the contrast.

- Ross

flyingdutchie

Awesome pics. I love to use a CP filter for bright skys.

However, you have some serious dustbunnies on your camera's sensor (see attachment on the bottom)!

Even for B&W a CP filter is useful, for controlling the sky. Here is an example of mine: