Terrible RAW… GREAT Photo! - In Post #554

Harsh light and extreme contrast are well-known to the landscape photographer. A sunrise or sunset is inherently a high dynamic range scene. Even when the preview on your camera or the unprocessed RAW looks terrible, don’t dismiss the image! Your camera is more capable than you think and any relatively modern sensor captures a lot of detail. At a minimum… click the Auto button in your editor to see if there is a great photo hidden behind a terrible RAW rendering. You might be pleasantly surprised!

Unprocessed RAW image

Basic adjustments in Lightroom

Finishing touches in ON1 Effects

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Scott Davenport

Scott Davenport is a landscape photographer and photo educator and based in San Diego, California. He leads photo workshops, writes photo books, hosts podcasts, makes tutorial videos, and feels weird referring to himself in the 3rd person.

He also can't help getting his feet wet photographing at the beach.

https://scottdavenportphoto.com
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