Jay took this photo in Olympic National Park on an overcast day. The light in the forest was so soft and beautiful, and the fresh greens seemed almost golden in the scattered light.
When Jay opened this file in Adobe Camera RAW, it didn’t look like this. We’ve created a short video to show how he processed this image. It’s easier than you might expect!
Our goal is usually to create an image that feels natural to the viewer. Keep in mind that this is just one way to do it – you may choose a different process or a different program. There’s no single “right” way.
To learn more about RAW processing check out our Session 2 our Nature Photography and iHDR Workflow Recording: Histogram and RAW Processing
Perfect. So this confirms that I am also doing something right :-) . May be a lil more focus is required by me.
thank you for sharing this, and I also enjoyed and learnt a lot from the few ebooks i downloaded.
Of course you are doing something right, Karan. :) But we’ve known that for a long time. ;) I’m glad you have been able to learn something from our ebooks!
Wonderful effort of ebooks and photography here..
simply loving it..
Keep it on..
Regards
Thank you so much, Amar!
quick and easy, thanks !
You are quite welcome, Peter. :)
LOVING IT.
Hi Jay & Varina….i accidently stumbled on to your website…but i am glad i did. I was inspired by your galleries as i too am a land & Seascape enthusiast. But more importantly i have started shooting RAW over the last couple of years and havent really edited in camera raw-as soon as it came in there, i just clicked onto open image and then straight onto photoshop. I found your tabs on RAW/Actions very useful….nice to know there are genuine humble people who share their “tricks”.Thank you once again. I wish you all the success in your field of work.
Thank you for your comments and you kind words, Pradip. I hope you find lots of useful information on our blog and in our videos and eBooks. :) I’m glad to hear that you are shooting RAW! It really does make a big difference. I think you’ll find that the capabilities of Camera RAW are really outstanding. Good luck with your photography!
Thanks for a great video, simple adjustments to enhance a single exposure. I like the first step and I agree that this is the most important step.
Using a dedicated Raw converter is still preferable, such as Lightroom.