areallygrumpyoldsod
Active Member
I find that no matter how hard I try - I seem to re-edit all the photos I process in the field on my laptop when I get back to my home office and the large monitors I have there.
Do you?
I have just completed editing Day 1's captures from my 22 day long shot and have formed the following conclusions:
FIRST the edit in the field:
Then the finalised edit in my office
Do you?
I have just completed editing Day 1's captures from my 22 day long shot and have formed the following conclusions:
- I seem to be pretty good at finding the "good ones" amongst the herd but often there are several wrong choices -- with better images +/- 1 images before or after the one I choose -- often it is a tiny difference that makes the change necessary. Also when in the field I can easily step past fairly large groups of shots while I focus on processing action or interactions that are highlights from the day -- generally I am looking for the 5-10 shots that I remember out of the 1000-2000-or more I have taken. It is well worth going back through each days shoot to look for what was missed first time around - one welcomes surprises.
- Even though I load my presets (processing recipes) into LRC on my Laptop and applies these on import - I seem to be far too heavy handed when working on a 16" laptop in the field. The images I process and output in the field are often vastly oversaturated and contrasty AND too heavily cropped - when compared to the look I achieve later in my office.
- AND -- colour profile and white balance (particularly tint) choices need careful consideration. I shoot Lossless RAW with a FL colour profile and apply Camera Flat and my default preset on import - while this does a great job -- I have found that most of the shots I took with a Z7 appeared "purple" when compared to files shot with the same WB on a Z9. AND across the board most images appear over saturated and overly bright in the green colours.
FIRST the edit in the field:
- NIKON CORPORATION - NIKON Z 9
- NIKKOR Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S
- 400.0 mm
- ƒ/4.5
- 1/500 sec
- Pattern
- Manual exposure
- 0.3
- ISO 720
Then the finalised edit in my office
- NIKON CORPORATION - NIKON Z 9
- NIKKOR Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S
- 400.0 mm
- ƒ/4.5
- 1/500 sec
- Pattern
- Manual exposure
- 0.3
- ISO 720