Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/06/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great collection, well polished, indeed.? The last one is special! On 6/22/21 10:51 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote: > I have been whiling away my time in the second lockdown by processing > afresh old RAW files from my Africa trips starting with 2008, using the > modern post processing tools available, some of which are frankly > astonishing in what they achieve. The biggest advantage of digital over > film, IMHO, is the ability to treat the RAW file as an unprocessed film, > again and again, as many times as we wish. The software that I used for > this purpose consisted of a mix of some (but never nearly all) of DXO > PureRAW, Luminar 4, Luminar AI, Nik Collection 4, Topaz Sharpen AI, Topaz > Denoise AI and my old standby, the Photokit Suite - with Lightroom CC and > Photoshop CC. Phew! > > Here is the first set, then: > > Pied Piper: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_Storks.jpg.html > > The Hunt: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_Storks.jpg.html > > Family Portrait 1: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_Cheetah3.jpg.html > > Family Portrait 2: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_Cheetah7.jpg.html > > Walkabout: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_Cheetah1.jpg.html > > Training Session: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_Cheetah5.jpg.html > > Red Eyes: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_Cheetah4.jpg.html > > Two Headed Hydra: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_Cheetah9.jpg.html > > Play: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_AfricanElephant.jpg.html > > Reassurance: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_AfricanElephant2.jpg.html > > Food Security: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_NileCrocodile.jpg.html > > First Steps: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/reprocessed/JayanandGovindaraj_Zebra.jpg.html > > I have posted the images quite large so that viewers can see all the fine > details that have been retained, coupled with the lack of noise, in these > photographs, thanks to the PP tools at our command nowadays. These were > mainly taken with Nikon APS-C bodies that we could not use beyond ISO 400 - > even ISO 800 used to be a stretch! Those were the days! > > Comments/Criticism/Suggestions are, as ever, most welcome. > > Cheers > Jayanand > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA