Before & After

[Black Pearl]

Out for a wander along the river at Durham yesterday when Thomas wanted a picture taken of him being a monster in a dark passageway.

 

Quick grab shot with the K30 and 50mm meant I didn't have time to meter correctly and only got two shots before he ran off.

The big patch of bright light right behind him threw the metering out massively but because I always shoot RAW I was able to use LR to rescue a usable shot.

 

It really is amazing what can be achieved with modern sensors and software.

 

Before:

 

After:

 

The DR has been squashed dramatically and if viewed at 100% its grainy but for sharing and showing Thomas it is still more than good enough.

[ChrisLumix]

Very nice. Actually, the shadows slider in iPhoto (a much underestimated program) will do the same for JPEGs, though there will be more noise of course.

[Black Pearl]

iPhone stops getting support along with Aperture next year when Yosemite launches in favour of Photo's - could lead to a great around bit of software.

[ChrisLumix]

iPhone stops getting support along with Aperture next year when Yosemite launches in favour of Photo's - could lead to a great around bit of software.

 

Sorry - a total comprehension breakdown here! The iPhone is not supported?????!!!!!! Why would Aperture not be supported in Yosemite? What's "Photos" - a new Apple app that runs in both OS X and iOS? (If so, I wonder what the charging structure will be, considering iPhoto is free and Aperture not?)

[Black Pearl]

Sorry typo - meant iPhoto.

 

Apple are stopping all support for Aperture and iPhoto when Yosemite launches in 2015 in favour of a new combined app called Photos.

 

Aperture will still exist and still work  but won't get any more updates - RAW support for new cameras etc.

iPhoto I'm guessing will vanish and become Photos once you upgrade your OS.

[Korky]

Even the larger version is very good - it really is gobsmacking just what can be done with RAW.

 

Such a shame about Aperture, it's an excellent bit of kit, but at the moment LRoom is just leaving it standing.

 

I understood Yosemite launches in the Autumn and all else is just rumour. As always, Apple's cards are close to their chest.

 

Korky

[ChrisLumix]

Sorry typo - meant iPhoto.

 

Apple are stopping all support for Aperture and iPhoto when Yosemite launches in 2015 in favour of a new combined app called Photos.

 

Aperture will still exist and still work  but won't get any more updates - RAW support for new cameras etc.

iPhoto I'm guessing will vanish and become Photos once you upgrade your OS.

 

 

Even the larger version is very good - it really is gobsmacking just what can be done with RAW.

 

Such a shame about Aperture, it's an excellent bit of kit, but at the moment LRoom is just leaving it standing.

 

I understood Yosemite launches in the Autumn and all else is just rumour. As always, Apple's cards are close to their chest.

 

Korky

 

I could upgrade from Snow Leopard (especially as Mavericks and Yosemite are free) but I'd lose Photoshop, CS2. On the other hand, if I invested in Snow Leopard Server - which Apple are selling at a giveaway price - and Parallels, I could still run Photoshop. The main point is, how much more of my software will become either redundant or problematic? It's a tricky one, especially as some people still think Snow Leopard is the best OS Apple have made, just like some people think Windows XP is still the best...