Hi everyone,

As a follow up to my last post I thought I’d post a before and after processing shot of York House. If one is prepared to spend some time in processing one’s images then there’s a lot that one can do. The detail was all there in the original shot it just need bringing out with some time and effort. I used a graduated neutral density filter on the sky to further bring out the sky. I also adjusted the shadow detail a bit.

Straight from camera shot –

Processed shot –

DXO Optics Pro pre-processed and then adjusted to taste using various Topaz and NIK software plugins in Lightroom.

Kind regards

Hi folks,

I spend a lot of time processing my shots before I start working with them. My personal favourite RAW importer/processing software is DXO Optics Pro 11 Elite. There’s so much that one can do with a shot to bring out hidden details, sharpness, lighting, reduce high ISO noise etc. with this software and it has the best built in lens and camera body correction profiles of any software I’ve ever used. A few examples, I’ve used my same preset and I’d reduce the colour saturation to taste later in post processing. Original image and then my DXO processed image. I guess that a lot of folks don’t realise that the detail is captured in their images but not necessarily visible in their straight out of camera shots.

Best wishes

PS. I’ve not made any attempt to correct verticals in these shots which one can do with another DXO product called Viewpoint which I use as a plugin in Optics Pro. Nor have I tweaked them further individually. I’ve used the same preset for comparison purposes. These aren’t finished shots but rather a starting point for further processing until I’m happy with the end results.