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PureRaw Cotton Candy Sky

There was a cotton candy sky hanging over Strasburg.

I thought this offered an opportunity to demonstrate the advantages of exposing using RAW, then converting the file using DxO Pure Raw softwar and importing the converted file into Lightroom for adjustment.

Below are three versions of the same image exposed using my Nikon Z6 with 28-70mm lens

The first image is the in-camera Jpg (scaled without adjustment). The second is the NEF RAW file after conversion to PNG format using Pure Raw. The last is end result following adjustment in Lightroom.

In camera JPG without adjustment.
NEF file converted using PureRaw to correct for lens defects, reduce pixelization etc.
PNG file following adjustments in Lightroom to make better use of shadow and highlight detail, adjust contrast and color balance, etc.

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