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I will keep boring you with my processing journey.
A long time ago I owned a copy of Photoshop; then Adobe dropped updates and went subscription. I swore never to use Photoshop again.

For most of my low ISO photos, standard Nikon SW does what I want: color, contrat, a bit of sharpness, exposure, etc.

For my theater photos I struggled with corrections (white balance, exposer, highlights, shadows etc.), long processing times and trouble with getting noise reduction right. This being one reason I stopped taking photos of my dancing friends. (the other reasons were work and the pandemic).

I decided to go back to Adobe.

Here is before and after with LR and On1 noise reduction.

Underexposure helps with theater light contrast (highlights), Nikon cameras have excellnt DR but get noisy in shadows.

nikkor 50-300mm ed D800m lightroom teather (2 of 2)-2 by Rafael Batlle, on Flickr

This is my best so far with LR and On1, much faster and easier than Capture NXD. Will stop sharing my editing progress until I get really good at it.

nikkor 50-300mm ed D800m lightroom teather (2 of 2) by Rafael Batlle, on Flickr

Better shown by crops: best I can get on Capture NXD

nikkor 50 300mm ED D81- NXD 00 by Rafael Batlle, on Flickr

Best so far in LR, far more natural look. (Ignore color balance diff, have not decided but tend for the more theatrical look)

nikkor 50-300mm ed D800m lightroom teather (2 of 2) by Rafael Batlle, on Flickr



Nov 04, 2021 at 12:04 PM
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Re: Manual Focus Nikon Glass


I will keep boring you with my processing journey.
A long time ago I owned a copy of Photoshop; then Adobe dropped updates and went subscription. I swore never to use Photoshop again.

For most of my low ISO photos, standard Nikon SW does what I want: color, contrat, a bit of sharpness, exposure, etc.

For my theater photos I struggled with corrections (white balance, exposer, highlights, shadows etc.), long processing times and trouble with getting noise reduction right. This being one reason I stopped taking photos of my dancing friends. (the other reasons were work and the pandemic).

I decided to go back to Adobe.

Here is before and after with LR and On1 noise reduction.

Underexposure helps with theater light contrast (highlights), Nikon cameras have excellnt DR but get noisy in shadows.

nikkor 50-300mm ed D800m lightroom teather (2 of 2)-2 by Rafael Batlle, on Flickr

This is my best so far with LR and On1, much faster and easier than Capture NXD. Will stop sharing my editing progress until I get really good at it.

nikkor 50-300mm ed D800m lightroom teather (2 of 2) by Rafael Batlle, on Flickr

Better shown by crops: best I can get on Capture NXD

nikkor 50 300mm ED D81- NXD 00 by Rafael Batlle, on Flickr

Best so far in LR (Ignore color balance diff, have not decided but tend for the more theatrical look)

nikkor 50-300mm ed D800m lightroom teather (2 of 2) by Rafael Batlle, on Flickr



Nov 04, 2021 at 12:03 PM
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Re: Manual Focus Nikon Glass


I will keep boring you with my processing journey.
A long time ago I owned a copy of Photoshop; then Adobe dropped updates and went subscription. I swore never to use Photoshop again.

For most of my low ISO photos, standard Nikon SW does what I want: color, contrat, a bit of sharpness, exposure, etc.

For my theater photos I struggled with corrections (white balance, exposer, highlights, shadows etc.), long processing times and trouble with getting noise reduction right. This being one reason I stopped taking photos of my dancing friends. (the other reasons were work and the pandemic).

I decided to go back to Adobe.

Here is before and after with LR and On1 noise reduction.

Underexposure helps with theater light contrast (highlights), Nikon cameras have excellnt DR but get noisy in shadows.

nikkor 50-300mm ed D800m lightroom teather (2 of 2)-2 by Rafael Batlle, on Flickr

This is my best so far with LR and On1, much faster and easier than Capture NXD. Will stop sharing my editing progress until I get really good at it.

nikkor 50-300mm ed D800m lightroom teather (2 of 2) by Rafael Batlle, on Flickr

Better shown by crops: best I can get on Capture NXD

nikkor 50 300mm ED D81- NXD 00 by Rafael Batlle, on Flickr

Best so far in LR

nikkor 50-300mm ed D800m lightroom teather (2 of 2) by Rafael Batlle, on Flickr



Nov 04, 2021 at 12:02 PM
rafaelcasd
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Re: Manual Focus Nikon Glass


I will keep boring you with my processing journey.
A long time ago I owned a copy of Photoshop; then Adobe dropped updates and went subscription. I swore never to use Photoshop again.

For most of my low ISO photos, standard Nikon SW does what I want: color, contrat, a bit of sharpness, exposure, etc.

For my theater photos I struggled with corrections (white balance, exposer, highlights, shadows etc.), long processing times and trouble with getting noise reduction right. This being one reason I stopped taking photos of my dancing friends. (the other reasons were work and the pandemic).

I decided to go back to Adobe.

Here is before and after with LR and On1 noise reduction.

Underexposure helps with theater light contrast (highlights), Nikon cameras have excellnt DR but get noisy in shadows.

nikkor 50-300mm ed D800m lightroom teather (2 of 2)-2 by Rafael Batlle, on Flickr

This is my best so far with LR and On1, much faster and easier than Capture NXD. Will stop sharing my editing progress until I get really good at it.

nikkor 50-300mm ed D800m lightroom teather (2 of 2) by Rafael Batlle, on Flickr



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