{"id":18636,"date":"2017-06-05T08:04:09","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T12:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=18636"},"modified":"2017-06-05T08:02:33","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T12:02:33","slug":"amtrak-449-at-west-warren-modified-raw-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/amtrak-449-at-west-warren-modified-raw-file\/","title":{"rendered":"Amtrak 449 at West Warren\u2014Modified RAW file."},"content":{"rendered":"

Working with my Lumix LX7, I exposed a camera RAW file of Amtrak\u2019s 449 at West Warren, Massachusetts\u00a0on May 31, 2017.<\/p>\n

This location is old hat for me. I\u2019ve made dozens of images of Amtrak here over the years.<\/p>\n

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Unaltered Camera RAW file. Although this was scaled for presentation, no changes were made in regards to constrast, exposure, color saturation or composition.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here I\u2019m presenting two versions.<\/p>\n

The top is the completely un-modified camera RAW (no changes to color, contrast, shadow or highlight detail) that I converted in Lightroom to a JPG for internet presentation<\/p>\n

On the bottom is a modified RAW file (saved as a Jpg for internet presentation). Here, using Lightroom I\u2019ve applied a mask to the sky area to improve the exposure and better pulling in cloud detail, while adjusting for color and saturation.<\/p>\n

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The modified RAW file, converted to a Jpg for presentation here. The sky has been alternated using a mask, while a semi-circular mask was applied to the nose of the locomotive to minimize the effects of glare.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I applied a\u00a0small circular mask on the front of the locomotive to reduce the effects of glare.\u00a0In addition, I made overall changes to contrast, while boosting saturation, and lightening shadows slightly.<\/p>\n

The end-effect is a more saturated and pronounced sky, lighter shadows, a slight warming of overall color temperature, and better controlled highlight areas.<\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t like these, you can try it yourself sometime. Amtrak 449 passes West Warren daily between 245 and 310 pm<\/p>\n

Tracking the Light posts daily.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Working with my Lumix LX7, I exposed a camera RAW file of Amtrak\u2019s 449 at West Warren, Massachusetts\u00a0on May 31, 2017. This location is old hat for me. I\u2019ve made dozens of images of Amtrak here over the years. Here I\u2019m presenting two versions. The top is the completely un-modified camera RAW (no changes to … Continue reading Amtrak 449 at West Warren\u2014Modified RAW file.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[48],"tags":[31,41,37,84,3308],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Amtrak_449_West_Warren_P1650168.jpg?fit=1731%2C1155","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-4QA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18636"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18636"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18637,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18636\/revisions\/18637"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}