numbertwo wrote:
I'm loving the look of SpecFoto, you're getting really nice and right colors. Any tip on how you do it?
Thank you. My processing is nothing special, I use Lightroom Classic on my Mac, but I do use 1 tip I learned about 9 years ago when shooting with my Nikons, as the Nikon raw files were pretty “muted”, i.e dull. For Sony, I shoot AWB raw and fine jpeg, the jpeg processing is set to Portrait. The jpegs are just for quick file transfers on location if needed, 95% of the time I work with the raw files. I find the Sony raw files are better than the Nikon, but still somewhat muted.
In Lightroom I go the the Develop module (not Quick Develop) where you can adjust with sliders. 1st thing is adjusting exposure if needed, then the highlight/shadows. For the Whites/Black sliders, here is the tip, hold down the option key (Mac) and move the Whites slider to the right, the screen goes black and as you slide to the right some bright spots (almost like focus peaking) will show up. Stop you have set the Whites to their fullest potential without losing highlights. Now do the same for Blacks, hold the Option key but slide to the left this time until some colors start to appear then stop. Now the Blacks are set to their fullest potential without muting. I do adjust some other items in the Presence and Sharpening tab, but nothing special, just as needed. Then I copy these settings and apply them to like photos in the Library module to save some time. If you need to make minor adjustments for any of the copies, usually it can be done in the Quick Develop module.
Usually I won’t adjust the WB or Tone settings unless the photo was taken during the Golden Hour, as I find the Sony, like the Nikon, makes the skin too warm (orange).
Here is a photo taken just minutes before the sun was gone with the Batis 135mm @f2.8. Coxy had beautiful tan skin, she just came back from a month in Australia shooting on the beaches there. The Sony made her skin a bit too golden, so I dialed it back a bit and you will have to take my word for it, her skin looked like this.
Edit-2nd photos added, taken about 45 minutes earlier with 85mm @f2.8. Here you can see the skin is not quite as warm as the 1st photo where the sun is so low in the horizon and coming to the subject thru more atmosphere, which always warms up the skin, but it is way less warm (orange) than the raw file out of the Sony.
numbertwo wrote:
I'm loving the look of SpecFoto, you're getting really nice and right colors. Any tip on how you do it?
Thank you. My processing is nothing special, I use Lightroom Classic on my Mac, but I do use 1 tip I learned about 9 years ago when shooting with my Nikons, as the Nikon raw files were pretty “muted”, i.e dull. For Sony, I shoot AWB raw and fine jpeg, the jpeg processing is set to Portrait. The jpegs are just for quick file transfers on location if needed, 95% of the time I work with the raw files. I find the Sony raw files are better than the Nikon, but still somewhat muted.
In Lightroom I go the the Develop module (not Quick Develop) where you can adjust with sliders. 1st thing is adjusting exposure if needed, then the highlight/shadows. For the Whites/Black sliders, here is the tip, hold down the option key (Mac) and move the Whites slider to the right, the screen goes black and as you slide to the right some bright spots (almost like focus peaking) will show up. Stop you have set the Whites to their fullest potential without losing highlights. Now do the same for Blacks, hold the Option key but slide to the left this time until some colors start to appear then stop. Now the Blacks are set to their fullest potential without muting. I do adjust some other items in the Presence and Sharpening tab, but nothing special, just as needed. Then I copy these settings and apply them to like photos in the Library module to save some time. If you need to make minor adjustments for any of the copies, usually it can be done in the Quick Develop module.
Usually I won’t adjust the WB or Tone settings unless the photo was taken during the Golden Hour, as I find the Sony, like the Nikon, makes the skin too warm (orange).
Here is a photo taken just minutes before the sun was gone with the Batis 135mm @f2.8. Coxy had beautiful tan skin, she just came back from a month in Australia shooting on the beaches there. The Sony made her skin a bit too golden, so I dialed it back a bit and you will have to take my word for it, her skin looked like this.
Edit-2nd photos added, taken about 45 minutes earlier. Here you can see the skin is not quite as warm as the 1st photo where the sun is so low in the horizon and coming to the subject thru more atmosphere, which always warms up the skin. But it is way less warm (orange) than the raw file out of the Sony.
numbertwo wrote:
I'm loving the look of SpecFoto, you're getting really nice and right colors. Any tip on how you do it?
Thank you. My processing is nothing special, I use Lightroom Classic on my Mac, but I do use 1 tip I learned about 9 years ago when shooting with my Nikons, as the Nikon raw files were pretty “muted”, i.e dull. For Sony, I shoot AWB raw and fine jpeg, the jpeg processing is set to Portrait. The jpegs are just for quick file transfers on location if needed, 95% of the time I work with the raw files. I find the Sony raw files are better than the Nikon, but still somewhat muted.
In Lightroom I go the the Develop module (not Quick Develop) where you can adjust with sliders. 1st thing is adjusting exposure if needed, then the highlight/shadows. For the Whites/Black sliders, here is the tip, hold down the option key (Mac) and move the Whites slider to the right, the screen goes black and as you slide to the right some bright spots (almost like focus peaking) will show up. Stop you have set the Whites to their fullest potential without losing highlights. Now do the same for Blacks, hold the Option key but slide to the left this time until some colors start to appear then stop. Now the Blacks are set to their fullest potential without muting. I do adjust some other items in the Presence and Sharpening tab, but nothing special, just as needed. Then I copy these settings and apply them to like photos in the Library module to save some time. If you need to make minor adjustments for any of the copies, usually it can be done in the Quick Develop module.
Usually I won’t adjust the WB or Tone settings unless the photo was taken during the Golden Hour, as I find the Sony, like the Nikon, makes the skin too warm (orange).
Here is a photo taken just minutes before the sun was gone with the Batis 135mm @f2.8. Coxy had beautiful tan skin, she just came back from a month in Australia shooting on the beaches there. The Sony made her skin a bit too golden, so I dialed it back a bit and you will have to take my word for it, her skin looked just like this.
Edit-2nd photos added, taken about 45 minutes earlier. Here you can see the skin is not quite as warm as the 1st photo where the sun is so low in the horizon and coming to the subject thru more atmosphere, which always warms up the skin. But it is way less warm (orange) than the raw file out of the Sony.
numbertwo wrote:
I'm loving the look of SpecFoto, you're getting really nice and right colors. Any tip on how you do it?
Thank you. My processing is nothing special, I use Lightroom Classic on my Mac, but I do use 1 tip I learned about 9 years ago when shooting with my Nikons, as the Nikon raw files were pretty “muted”, i.e dull. For Sony, I shoot AWB raw and fine jpeg, the jpeg processing is set to Portrait. The jpegs are just for quick file transfers on location if needed, 95% of the time I work with the raw files. I find the Sony raw files are better than the Nikon, but still somewhat muted.
In Lightroom I go the the Develop module (not Quick Develop) where you can adjust with sliders. 1st thing is adjusting exposure if needed, then the highlight/shadows. For the Whites/Black sliders, here is the tip, hold down the option key (Mac) and move the Whites slider to the right, the screen goes black and as you slide to the right some bright spots (almost like focus peaking) will show up. Stop you have set the Whites to their fullest potential without losing highlights. Now do the same for Blacks, hold the Option key but slide to the left this time until some colors start to appear then stop. Now the Blacks are set to their fullest potential without muting. I do adjust some other items in the Presence and Sharpening tab, but nothing special, just as needed. Then I copy these settings and apply them to like photos in the Library module to save some time. If you need to make minor adjustments for any of the copies, usually it can be done in the Quick Develop module.
Usually I won’t adjust the WB or Tone settings unless the photo was taken during the Golden Hour, as I find the Sony, like the Nikon, makes the skin too tan (warm).
Here is a photo taken just minutes before the sun was gone with the Batis 135mm @f2.8. Coxy had beautiful tan skin, she just came back from a month in Australia shooting on the beaches there. The Sony made her skin a bit too golden, so I dialed it back a bit and you will have to take my word for it, her skin looked just like this.
Edit-2nd photos added, taken about 45 minutes earlier. Here you can see the skin is not quite as warm as the 1st photo where the sun is so low in the horizon and coming to the subject thru more atmosphere, which always warms up the skin. But it is way less warm (orange) than the raw file out of the Sony.
numbertwo wrote:
I'm loving the look of SpecFoto, you're getting really nice and right colors. Any tip on how you do it?
Thank you. My processing is nothing special, I use Lightroom Classic on my Mac, but I do use 1 tip I learned about 9 years ago when shooting with my Nikons, as the Nikon raw files were pretty “muted”, i.e dull. For Sony, I shoot AWB raw and fine jpeg, the jpeg processing is set to Portrait. The jpegs are just for quick file transfers on location if needed, 95% of the time I work with the raw files. I find the Sony raw files are better than the Nikon, but still somewhat muted.
In Lightroom I go the the Develop module (not Quick Develop) where you can adjust with sliders. 1st thing is adjusting exposure if needed, then the highlight/shadows. For the Whites/Black sliders, here is the tip, hold down the option key (Mac) and move the Whites slider to the right, the screen goes black and as you slide to the right some bright spots (almost like focus peaking) will show up. Stop you have set the Whites to their fullest potential without losing highlights. Now do the same for Blacks, hold the Option key but slide to the left this time until some colors start to appear then stop. Now the Blacks are set to their fullest potential without muting. I do adjust some other items in the Presence and Sharpening tab, but nothing special, just as needed. Then I copy these settings and apply them to like photos in the Library module to save some time. If you need to make minor adjustments for any of the copies, usually it can be done in the Quick Develop module.
Usually I won’t adjust the WB or Tone settings unless the photo was taken during the Golden Hour, as I find the Sony, like the Nikon, makes the skin too tan (warm).
Here is a photo taken just minutes before the sun was gone with the Batis 135mm @f2.8. Coxy had beautiful tan skin, she just came back from a month in Australia shooting on the beaches there. The Sony made her skin a bit too golden, so I dialed it back a bit and you will have to take my word for it, her skin looked just like this.
Edit-2nd photos added, taken about 45 minutes earlier. Here you can see the skin is not quite as warm as the 1st photo where the sun is so low in the horizon and coming to the subject thru more atmosphere, which always warms up the skin, But it is way less warm (orange) than the raw file out of the Sony.
numbertwo wrote:
I'm loving the look of SpecFoto, you're getting really nice and right colors. Any tip on how you do it?
Thank you. My processing is nothing special, I use Lightroom Classic on my Mac, but I do use 1 tip I learned about 9 years ago when shooting with my Nikons, as the Nikon raw files were pretty “muted”, i.e dull. For Sony, I shoot AWB raw and fine jpeg, the jpeg processing is set to Portrait. The jpegs are just for quick file transfers on location if needed, 95% of the time I work with the raw files. I find the Sony raw files are better than the Nikon, but still somewhat muted.
In Lightroom I go the the Develop module (not Quick Develop) where you can adjust with sliders. 1st thing is adjusting exposure if needed, then the highlight/shadows. For the Whites/Black sliders, here is the tip, hold down the option key (Mac) and move the Whites slider to the right, the screen goes black and as you slide to the right some bright spots (almost like focus peaking) will show up. Stop you have set the Whites to their fullest potential without losing highlights. Now do the same for Blacks, hold the Option key but slide to the left this time until some colors start to appear then stop. Now the Blacks are set to their fullest potential without muting. I do adjust some other items in the Presence and Sharpening tab, but nothing special, just as needed. Then I copy these settings and apply them to like photos in the Library module to save some time. If you need to make minor adjustments for any of the copies, usually it can be done in the Quick Develop module.
Usually I won’t adjust the WB or Tone settings unless the photo was taken during the Golden Hour, as I find the Sony, like the Nikon, makes the skin too tan (warm).
Here is a photo taken just minutes before the sun was gone with the Batis 135mm @f2.8. Coxy had beautiful tan skin, she just came back from a month in Australia shooting on the beaches there. The Sony made her skin a bit too golden, so I dialed it back a bit and you will have to take my word for it, her skin looked just like this.
Edit-2nd photos added, taken about 45 minutes earlier.
numbertwo wrote:
I'm loving the look of SpecFoto, you're getting really nice and right colors. Any tip on how you do it?
Thank you. My processing is nothing special, I use Lightroom Classic on my Mac, but I do use 1 tip I learned about 9 years ago when shooting with my Nikons, as the Nikon raw files were pretty “muted”, i.e dull. For Sony, I shoot AWB raw and fine jpeg, the jpeg processing is set to Portrait. The jpegs are just for quick file transfers on location if needed, 95% of the time I work with the raw files. I find the Sony raw files are better than the Nikon, but still somewhat muted.
In Lightroom I go the the Develop module (not Quick Develop) where you can adjust with sliders. 1st thing is adjusting exposure if needed, then the highlight/shadows. For the Whites/Black sliders, here is the tip, hold down the option key (Mac) and move the Whites slider to the right, the screen goes black and as you slide to the right some bright spots (almost like focus peaking) will show up. Stop you have set the Whites to their fullest potential without losing highlights. Now do the same for Blacks, hold the Option key but slide to the left this time until some colors start to appear then stop. Now the Blacks are set to their fullest potential without muting. I do adjust some other items in the Presence and Sharpening tab, but nothing special, just as needed. Then I copy these settings and apply them to like photos in the Library module to save some time. If you need to make minor adjustments for any of the copies, usually it can be done in the Quick Develop module.
Usually I won’t adjust the WB or Tone settings unless the photo was taken during the Golden Hour, as I find the Sony, like the Nikon, makes the skin too tan (warm).
Here is a photo taken just minutes before the sun was gone with the Batis 135mm @f2.8. Coxy had beautiful tan skin, she just came back from a month in Australia shooting on the beaches there. The Sony made her skin a bit too golden, so I dialed it back a bit and you will have to take my word for it, her skin looked just like this.
numbertwo wrote:
I'm loving the look of SpecFoto, you're getting really nice and right colors. Any tip on how you do it?
Thank you. My processing is nothing special, I use Lightroom Classic on my Mac, but I do use 1 tip I learned about 9 years ago when shooting with my Nikons, as the Nikon raw files were pretty “muted”, i.e dull. For Sony, I shoot AWB raw and fine jpeg, the jpeg processing is set to Portrait. The jpegs are just for quick file transfers on location if needed, 95% of the time I work with the raw files. I find the Sony raw files are better than the Nikon, but still somewhat muted.
In Lightroom I go the the Develop module (not Quick Develop) where you can adjust with sliders. 1st thing is adjusting exposure if needed, then the highlight/shadows. For the Whites/Black sliders, here is the tip, hold down the option key (Mac) and move the Whites slider to the right, the screen goes black and as you slide to the right some bright spots (almost like focus peaking) will show up. Stop you have set the Whites to their fullest potential without losing highlights. Now do the same for Blacks, hold the Option key but slide to the left this time until some colors start to appear then stop. Now the Blacks are set to their fullest potential without muting. I do adjust some other items in the Presence and Sharpening tab, but nothing special, just as needed. Then I copy these settings and apply them to like photos in the Library module to save some time. If you need to make minor adjustments for any of the copies, usually it can be done in the Quick Develop module.
Usually I won’t adjust the WB or Tone settings unless the photo was taken during the Golden Hour, as I find the Sony, like the Nikon, makes the skin too tan (warm).
Here is a photo taken just minutes before the sun was gone with the Batis 135mm @f2.8. Coxy had beautiful tan skin, she just came back from a month in Australia shooting on the beaches there. The Sony made her skin a bit too golden, so I dialed it back a bit and you will have to take my word for it, her skin looked just like this.
numbertwo wrote:
I'm loving the look of SpecFoto, you're getting really nice and right colors. Any tip on how you do it?
Thank you. My processing is nothing special, I use Lightroom Classic on my Mac, but I do use 1 tip I learned about 9 years ago when shooting with my Nikons, as the Nikon raw files were pretty “muted”, i.e dull. For Sony, I shoot AWB raw and fine jpeg, the jpeg processing is set to Portrait. The jpegs are just for quick file transfers on location if needed, 95% of the time I work with the raw files. I find the Sony raw files are better than the Nikon, but still somewhat muted.
In Lightroom I go the the Develop module (not Quick Develop) where you can adjust with sliders. 1st thing is adjusting exposure if needed, then the highlight/shadows. For the Whites/Black sliders, here is the tip, hold down the option key (Mac) and move the Whites slider to the right, the screen goes black and as you slide to the right some bright spots (almost like focus peaking) will show up. Stop you have set the Whites to their fullest potential without losing highlights. Now do the same for Blacks, hold the Option key but slide to the left this time until some colors start to appear then stop. Now the Blacks are set to their fullest potential without muting. I do adjust some other items in the Presence and Sharpening tab, but nothing special, just as needed. Then I copy these settings and apply them to like photos in the Library module to save some time. If you need to make minor adjustments for any of the copies, usually it can be done in the Quick Develop module.
Usually I won’t adjust the WB or Tone settings unless the photo was taken during the Golden Hour, as I find the Sony, like the Nikon, makes the skin too tan (golden).
Here is a photo taken just minutes before the sun was gone with the Batis 135mm @f2.8. Coxy had beautiful tan skin, she just came back from a month in Australia shooting on the beaches there. The Sony made her skin a bit too golden, so I dialed it back a bit and you will have to take my word for it, her skin looked just like this.
Jun 16, 2019 at 09:10 AM
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