PMLynch Photography
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- Patrick M lynch
New to posting here too. As for new to JPGs, just to having that be my original file. I just bought an X-Pro2. Now I want another one. Managed to get it just before a short vacation to the mountains of NC . Although I shot in RAW for some stock photos to send off I mostly shot jpgs in Acros using the film simulation bracket. A, Ar, Ag. After some late experimenting I should of just used yellow for most of my subjects.
I was impressed. For some images I went a bit heavy on the Highlight and Shadow Tones so I ended up deleting some work. For the most part I believe living in the negative values gives you a better histogram and more information that you can later make to look as contrasty as you like. I wanted to see how much I could do in camera and limit after processing. SOOC is a myth to me but no offense to anyone who shoots for that. I believe an image can always benefit to be tweaked and even if you just remove a dust spot it is no longer SOOC and you are again saving the image. Just save a Tiff and edit all you want, make your jpgs from that.
Maybe it would be nice to have the raw files and yo make my Acros files in camera (way to much button pushing) Or maybe have the RAW files and be able to make my B&Ws from those. The flexibility and control is certainly there but the look would be different and the process much different. There is something about shooting in B&W jpg and I do love the Acros.
I think I will shoot like this more often depending on subject and need. Another image made it to the front of my web page. A small waterfall
I was impressed. For some images I went a bit heavy on the Highlight and Shadow Tones so I ended up deleting some work. For the most part I believe living in the negative values gives you a better histogram and more information that you can later make to look as contrasty as you like. I wanted to see how much I could do in camera and limit after processing. SOOC is a myth to me but no offense to anyone who shoots for that. I believe an image can always benefit to be tweaked and even if you just remove a dust spot it is no longer SOOC and you are again saving the image. Just save a Tiff and edit all you want, make your jpgs from that.
Maybe it would be nice to have the raw files and yo make my Acros files in camera (way to much button pushing) Or maybe have the RAW files and be able to make my B&Ws from those. The flexibility and control is certainly there but the look would be different and the process much different. There is something about shooting in B&W jpg and I do love the Acros.
I think I will shoot like this more often depending on subject and need. Another image made it to the front of my web page. A small waterfall