The wonders of RAW files in digital photography
Posted on | November 5, 2008 |
© Matt Hill, 2008
I shoot both film and digital. Ever since I got the Nikon D700, I’ve fallen in love with the RAW file again. First off, the low-light files from the D700 are outstanding - in fact they look like film shot at high ISO (sexy!). Secondly, it’s truly like having an exposed roll of film with a latent image you can process over and over again. The possibilities are amazing. For instance, the shot above could easily be a tosser if I shot it in JPG, but being able to tweak the hell out of it without resampling and degrading the image makes for lots of visual fun.
ABove was shot of a crane on the waterfront in Greenpoint (Williamsburg), Brooklyn during the intermission of the burlesque show. I love the moodiness of the light-strewn skies over Manhattan. I did not retouch anything - it’s all adjustments made in Camera Raw 4.5 - part of Photoshop CS3.
Comments
Leave a Reply
Social
- @zkinslow cool! Thanks :) @Twitter
- RT @InduroTripods: Building an Long Exposure at Night in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery http://ow.ly/2wIM4 @Twitter
- Foursquare Takes Over Times Square [PIC]: http://bit.ly/daJvMK @Twitter
- New ShareThis Wordpress Plugin. Looks awesome-er! http://bit.ly/cP6k2o @Twitter
- I'm at Peter McManus Cafe (152 7th Ave, at 19th St, New York). http://4sq.com/1IH9lN @Twitter
