Editing RAW images is a craft unto itself. February has been the month of experimenting. I have taken to capturing photos in RAW + Large quality JPEG. This way I can navigate the photos I want to edit, without oeping each individual one.
Experimenting is all good and well, but too much and you have over-edited your photo, and lets be honest, they lose quality and integrity. Or at least mine have, so far. My second lesson, or rather, revelation is that editing a RAW photo is an art in itself - you are better off out in the elements taking all the steps possible to capture as many colours as possible.
My first pure RAW capturing expedition was to a little cove just past Hearson's on the Burrup. I had the bright idea of going at sunset, not realising the sun would set behind a pile of rocks leaving me with little natural light. I did manage to get some good golden hour shots, but nothing worth noting that was spectacular. The only noteworthy shot was of a mangrove in the golden hour below.
Hearson's by sunset, on the otherhand, is stunning. Sure, I didn't climb the rocks with the A Team (largely due to the fact that my battery had run out while trying to take wave motion photos with overexposed rocks in the background...) but I did manage to capture this little gem. Edited in RAW (CR2 converted to DNG to make it compatible with Adobe Photoshop) I'd say this is my most successful processed image to date. The first image is the JPEG churned out by Betsy (My Canon). The second is my edited version.
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