{"id":34733,"date":"2022-11-09T06:50:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T11:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=34733"},"modified":"2022-11-08T19:10:24","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T00:10:24","slug":"millie-and-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/millie-and-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Millie and the Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A few days ago, I exposed this high contrast view of Conway Scenic Railroad&#8217;s Budd RDC &#8216;Millie&#8217; at Conway, New Hampshire using my Lumix LX7 digital camera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The camera simultaneously saves each exposure as a RAW and JPG file. I&#8217;ve set the camera to profile the JPG with the in-camera &#8216;Vivid&#8217; color setting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this sequence, I compare the un-altered camera RAW (RW2) file with the un-altered in-camera JPG file and my altered (adjusted) Jpg image that I manipulated in Adobe Lightroom to make the most of the camera RAW data. Notice the differences to shadow and highlight detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve also included a screen shot of the Lightroom work window to reveal the changes that I made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" data-attachment-id=\"34734\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/millie-and-the-sun\/un-adjusted-raw_millie_at_conway_p1070752\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Un-adjusted-RAW_Millie_at_Conway_P1070752.jpg?fit=1500%2C1001\" data-orig-size=\"1500,1001\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Un-adjusted-RAW_Millie_at_Conway_P1070752.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Un-adjusted RW2 (scaled without color or contrast corrections)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" data-attachment-id=\"34735\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/millie-and-the-sun\/un-adjusted_in_camera_jpg_millie_at_conway_p1070752\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Un-adjusted_in_camera_JPG_Millie_at_Conway_P1070752.jpg?fit=1500%2C1001\" data-orig-size=\"1500,1001\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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