{"id":8735,"date":"2014-10-28T02:51:01","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T06:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=8735"},"modified":"2014-10-28T09:03:35","modified_gmt":"2014-10-28T13:03:35","slug":"new-england-central-3850-and-lumix-lx7-color-profiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/new-england-central-3850-and-lumix-lx7-color-profiles\/","title":{"rendered":"New England Central 3850 and Lumix LX7 Color Profiles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Palmer, October 20, 2014.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s been nearly 20 years since New England Central assumed operations from Central Vermont.<\/p>\n

In that time New England Central has had three owners. Originally a RailTex property, it was owned by RailAmerica for more than a dozen years and now is a Genesee & Wyoming railroad.<\/p>\n

Despite that, a few of its original GP38s remain painted in the blue and yellow scheme introduced when the railroad began operations in February 1995.<\/p>\n

NECR 3850 was working job 603 in Palmer and paused for a minute on the interchange track. Although I\u2019ve photographed this old goat dozens of times in the last two decades, I opted to make a series of images with my Lumix LX7 to demonstrate the different color profiles (color ‘styles’) built into the camera.<\/p>\n

As I\u2019ve mentioned in previous posts, one of the great compositional tools available with the Lumix LX7 (and other cameras too) is the ability to quickly change from one color profile to another (including black & white modes).<\/p>\n

Although, it is easy enough to adjust and alter color in post processing, I find it is useful to be able to compose a scene on-site knowing how the camera will react to color and contrast.<\/p>\n

Below are a sequence of similar images of 3850 using different built-in color profiles. I\u2019ve adjusted the B&W \u2018monochrome\u2019 profile in-camera to better suit my personal taste.<\/p>\n

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Image 1\u2014Lumix ‘Vivid’ color profile.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Image 2\u2014Lumix ‘Natural’ color profile. Please note that term ‘Natural’ is purely subjective and does not infer any unusual treatment\u00a0as compared with the other profiles. In other words ‘natural’ is just a name.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Image 3\u2014’Scenery’ Lumix color profile.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Image 4\u2014’Monochrome’ Lumix color profile.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Image 5 ‘High Dynamic Range’ setting. (this blends three images exposed automatically in rapid succession. Fine for static scenes, but not practical for moving trains).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Which of the photos do you like the best?<\/p>\n

Of course every<\/em> computer display has its own way of interpreting color and contrast. Compare these images on different screens and see how they change.<\/p>\n

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