On Nov 22, 2010, at 1:21 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > Sharp catch, well titled, Paul! Somewhat of a shame about the intervening > element(?) on the right. > May have been her hair and makeup tone, but she is very "flat." Her necklace > and dress area, however, have good contrast. Still trying to learn about the > K-5's rendering characteristics. Are all setting "default?" >
I shoot RAW, so the k-5s rendering settings don't come into play. I do a preliminary render in ACR and a final in PhotoShop. Because the brightness and contrast of the monitor on my laptop varies with the viewing angle, I depend a lot on the histogram for fine tuning these days. But I should have my computer back in a day or two, and I'll take another look at photos I've processed since then. In regard to RAW files from the K-5, i find that they have more room on both ends of the histogram than did files from the K-7, K20 or earlier Pentax DSLRs. Thus, they do need to be expanded a bit, or they will look flat. The histo of the lady's portrait now fills the range thanks to stretching of midrange contrast in ACR and resetting of the white point in levels. I also tweaked midrange brightness in levels. Paul > Jack > > > --- On Mon, 11/22/10, paul stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: paul stenquist <[email protected]> >> Subject: PESO - Thoughtful >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >> Date: Monday, November 22, 2010, 7:57 AM >> A coffee shop portrait. >> >> K5, DA* 60-250, f4, 1/400, ISO 3200, 128mm focal length >> >> Like my last few pesos, this one was rendered on my laptop, >> so contrast and brightness are always a little iffy. >> My iMac is in the shop, getting a new video card. >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11988791 >> >> Paul >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link >> directly above and follow the directions. >> > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
