{"id":41535,"date":"2025-04-15T06:59:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T10:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=41535"},"modified":"2025-04-10T21:31:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T01:31:43","slug":"gotthard-pendolino-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/gotthard-pendolino-revisited\/","title":{"rendered":"Gotthard Pendolino Revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On this day in 2016, I photographed an SBB Pendolino descending the Gotthard Pass near Erstfeld using my first FujiFilm XT1 with 18-135mm Fujinon zoom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the time, I wasn’t 100 percent satisfied with the photographic quality of the image. Recently, I returned to my original Fuji RAF files from this trip and re-processed some of the images using DxO Pure Raw software. Significantly, this corrects for lens defects and other problems. The results are much better than my earlier un-corrected RAW files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was further adjusted using Adobe Lighttoom to make the most out highlight and shadow detail. I had an 8×10 print made from the improved file and it looks outstanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s lesson in this exercise. Improved image processing software can make a big difference with older digital files. Try it, you might be surprised!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SBB near Erstfeld, Switzerland on 15 April 2016.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Greatly enlarged portion of the Fuji RAF Raw file without DxO conversion.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A portion of the same Fuji RAF Raw file following conversion to DNG with corrections with DxO PureRaw. Notice the improved contrast and sharpness, with minimal chromatic aberration when compared with the unconverted file.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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