Exercise 12 - managing tone

Starting point - an abstract image of yacht rigging taken through wet windscreen.

NEF in camera

Alterations made in RAW converter:

Ø         White balance changed to Cloudy

Ø         Exposure reduced by 0.3

Ø         Recovery set to 30

Ø         Blacks set to 31 (just prior to clipping)

Ø         Contrast set to 40 (increase of 15)

Alterations made in Photopshop:

Ø         Further adjustment made to black/white points using Red/Green/Blue sliders

Ø         Brightness unaltered

Ø         Contrast very slightly increased

Final version

Auto-corrected version

The auto correction function in Photoshop gives a darker and bluer image that one I created. In reality, this is probably a more accurate representation of the day/scene - it is certainly closer to the in camera version.