Canon G9. The trick tho, is to shoot RAW as i usually spend a bit of time processing the RAW file on import into Photoshop.
I typically bump Clarity and Vibrance way up as well as Sharpening. Fill light is another great RAW feature that does what it says — i can really open up the shadows, because since it's a RAW file, those black blacks actually have information that would otherwise be compressed as lost as .jpeg or .tiff.
If Fill Light flattens out the image too much, then in compensate by futzing with Blacks, or Brightness, or Contrast.
The camera casts magenta ever so slightly so i usually pull back Red or Magenta Saturation so the snows don't look pink.
For Black and White shots, i use all the above techniques, but go really heavy on Contrast and mess with Exposure. You can get some pretty descent results.
The other trick is that i try to shoot 80ISO when shooting RAW. This particular camera keeps noise and artifacting down, but only at 80. It starts to get really noticeable around 200-400, esp when you're dicking with all the RAW settings.
One last bit — check Adobe for all the latest RAW profiles so that you have Photoshop up to date.
Thanks for the tips Mang. I figured there was a heavy post production process. I'm in the market for a new camera, and I'll certainly check out the G9. I've used a Rebel off and on w/ and w/o success. Usually, the problems occur indoors irt the clarity and color tone. I probably need to use something better than iphoto for post stuff too. Enjoy your snow.
Bob,
What kind of camera do you use? The colors and sharpness always read fantastic. ---Nate
Canon G9. The trick tho, is to shoot RAW as i usually spend a bit of time processing the RAW file on import into Photoshop.
I typically bump Clarity and Vibrance way up as well as Sharpening. Fill light is another great RAW feature that does what it says — i can really open up the shadows, because since it's a RAW file, those black blacks actually have information that would otherwise be compressed as lost as .jpeg or .tiff.
If Fill Light flattens out the image too much, then in compensate by futzing with Blacks, or Brightness, or Contrast.
The camera casts magenta ever so slightly so i usually pull back Red or Magenta Saturation so the snows don't look pink.
For Black and White shots, i use all the above techniques, but go really heavy on Contrast and mess with Exposure. You can get some pretty descent results.
The other trick is that i try to shoot 80ISO when shooting RAW. This particular camera keeps noise and artifacting down, but only at 80. It starts to get really noticeable around 200-400, esp when you're dicking with all the RAW settings.
One last bit — check Adobe for all the latest RAW profiles so that you have Photoshop up to date.
Thanks for the tips Mang. I figured there was a heavy post production process. I'm in the market for a new camera, and I'll certainly check out the G9. I've used a Rebel off and on w/ and w/o success. Usually, the problems occur indoors irt the clarity and color tone. I probably need to use something better than iphoto for post stuff too. Enjoy your snow.
Although I love the G9 (don't get the G10, which is newer) I'd look into this Lumix:
http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&q=Lumix+DMC-LX3&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS273US273&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=10608514191044741132&ei=GIR0S522B8eUtgeA5JHACg&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CB4Q8wIwAA#ps-sellers
it shoots 16:9, video, and a few different flavors of RAW. pretty awesome. my significant other got one recently as did Danger Guy.