The versatility of a raw file - Runners at the beach

[David S]

This is from like 2019 -The original was exposed for the sky which made the runners very silhouetted. Thankfully the RAW file had the latitude in it to be recovered !

Original below

 

[JimFox]

Yep, that's why we all shoot in Raw.

But.... I have to say you lost the life of the image in your recovery. The Original is the best here.

 

[AlanLichty]

I like the original with the wonderful colors and the silhouettes. Nice you can recover the shadows but the scene looks better without the foreground of parked cars.

 

[pepper]

great job on the recovery, but i prefer the original as well. great colors in the sky. wouldn't mind seeing the first one in an x-pan ratio.

 

[David S]

OMG - I am so dumb.. when I said original below, I meant "At the bottom" - The first image is the recovered image lol, I was like WHAT !! Yeah, it was all blown out and I was able to recover the highs and get the sky color back. The bottom image is nothing to be excited about ! You are so kind to humor me though, thanks !

 

[AlanLichty]

I did wonder why you were so excited about being able to turn that first image into the second one

 

[JimFox]

OMG - I am so dumb.. when I said original below, I meant "At the bottom" - The first image is the recovered image lol, I was like WHAT !! Yeah, it was all blown out and I was able to recover the highs and get the sky color back. The bottom image is nothing to be excited about ! You are so kind to humor me though, thanks !

Ha ha, now that's quite the switch Dave!