Edit this raw file [Week 2]

[LarsEHAM]

I think one topic per week is best (if the moderators disagree please combine with original topic).

Thanks for all the positive feedback on the previous week, but I am still fine-tuning the system, so help and ideas are more then welcome.
I will try and upload as many different type's of files. That means that I can't satisfy every one every week. (poll added to this topic to give me a better idea for next week)

-1 Download the raw file
-2 Edit the raw file
-3 And upload your results in this topic (and other information like software and settings)
Full rights remain to the photographer, for educational purposes only!!

https://www.wetransfer.com/dl/Ln2JvND1/ ... 8b4224d68a
10.3 MB


Edit this raw file by LarsVeling, on Flickr

I am looking forward to all of you work this week!

Yes I know my sensor was a bit dirty

New download link added

[Flyboy]

Sharpened the hot exhaust gasses with a separate layer and highlight overlay.

[MasterJet]

Uploaded with ImageShack.us

Cheers

Giovanni Colla

Edit with CS4 and Viveza (NIK Software)...I worked on the white balance to have hotter colors and after I worked on the structure with Viveza plug in. I added also a little bit of saturation.

[EHAM]

With CS4

[Flyboeing]

Now you can see what kind of result different people get after editing. Very interesting topic!
Tonight I will also give it a try!

@MasterJet & EHAM:
What are the settings you used?

[Flyboeing]

Here is my contribution this topic.
I have to admit, this is my first attempt to edit a RAW-file so every comment/tip is welcome!


These are the settings I used.
I opened the RAW file in Photoshop CS4 (Camera Raw Plugin) and did the following:

Basic
Temp 5000
Tint 0
Exposure +0,30
Recovery 5
Fill light 0
blacks 5
brightness 50
contrast 20
clarity 4
vibrance 4
saturation 4

Tone Curve
highlights +20
lights +20
darks -3
shadows -3

Sharpening
Amount 50
Radius 1,0
Detail 50
masking 0

Noise Reduction
luminance 30
color 30

Luminance
blues -4

Saturation
Greens +10
Blues +10

Saved the image to a PSD file and opened that one in Photoshop.
There I did the following things:

- Levels
- Smart Sharpen
Amount 20%
Radius 0,3
Remove lens blur
- Resize 1024px
- Sharpen 20%
Amount 20%
Radius 0,3
Remove Lens blur

Again, this was my first attempt, so any comment is welcome!

[EHAM]

My settings:
I opened the RAW file in Photoshop CS4 (Camera Raw Plugin) and did the following:

Basic
Temp 5300
Tint +2
Exposure +0,35
Recovery 0
Fill light 0
blacks 11
brightness 50
contrast 25
clarity 0
vibrance 0
saturation 2

Sharpening
Amount 40
Radius 1,0
Detail 40
masking 0

Noise Reduction
luminance 0
color 25

Opened it in Photoshop
There I did the following things:

-Cropping and removing dust spots
-playing with Levels
-playing with Colour Balance
-Saturation +3 (I thought)
-Noise Ninja (auto)
- Unsharp mask
Amount 70%
Radius 1
Threshold 0
- Resize 1200

[LarsEHAM]

Very nice to see how many directions we all take our edits!

Again, this was my first attempt, so any comment is welcome!

Your image looks a bit flat, so I would try and increase the contrast a bit

[Flyboeing]

Very nice to see how many directions we all take our edits!
Your image looks a bit flat, so I would try and increase the contrast a bit

Thanks for the tip I will increase the contrast and see how it looks likes.

[Pancake]

My contribution to this very nice topic .



Regards,
Johan

[TNCB]

RAW-converter (only mentioning what I touched):
Exposure +0,60
Fill Light +6
Saturation +10

--->
Leveling: seemed spot on
Cropping
Resizing in steps: original -> 1600 -> 1200 -> 1024
Levels: 20 // 0,6 // 255
Neatimage plug-in: Luminance 20-30% // Chrominance 1000% // Sharpening 10%
Select sky and building with magic wand (leaving jetwash be)
Inverse selection
Duplicate layer
Filter -> Sharpen -> Smart Sharpen // Amount 40 // Radius 0,3 // Remove lens blur
Duplicate layer
Filter -> Sharpen -> Smart Sharpen // Amount 40 // Radius 0,3 // Remove lens blur
(yes, I do that twice or three times if needed)
Erase jaggies on flaps/leading /edge/registration/livery/other parts of the photo


Result:




Comments welcome

[Leeuwarden]

Duh... http://www.telegraaf.nl/buitenland/1133 ... oad__.html

[FISHER01]

Duh... http://www.telegraaf.nl/buitenland/1133 ... oad__.html

Met andere woorden je kan de bovenste RAW foto niet meer downloaden

[marcel32us]

Resizing in steps: original -> 1600 -> 1200 -> 1024

Comments welcome

Questions too?

Why do you resize in steps? Does that influence the result?

TIA,
Marcel

[Pancake]

Some people resize and sharpening in steps. I have tried it, and i have really an sharper result.(but i'm to lazy to do that every time)
I read it on Belgium Digital
I use 3 (4) sharpeningmethods (every picture) :
- Sharpening 35 - 0.7 - 25 (LR)
- Slim Sharpening 46 -0.5 -lensblur (PS)
- Highpass filter 1 (PS)
- Resizing (LR)
- Sharpening "for the web" (LR)

Regards,
Johan