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Good morning Miss Aggie, Max, Moonlit, Fullknight, and everyone.
Good morning...........
So, youtube has been weird lately, but I was able to find another pretty obscure gem. And now YOU have to listen to it.
(Aggie said so)
(so there)
(Aggie said so)
(so there)
The other day, I finally ordered and received a new video card to help with my photo processing. 
I also bought two more RAW photo processing programs so I can have other options when I'm developing my RAW pics. At first after getting a DSLR that had a RAW file option, I was using a free program called Lightzone and while it worked ok, it really didn't do everything I wanted and it was hard to develop a shot into exactly what I was seeing. After I finally found an older copy of Adobe Lightroom ( version 6 that didn't require that I purchase an ongoing subscription ), I was finally able to make the adjustments needed for a RAW photo so that it looked natural like I was looking for. The downside with Lightroom is that unless I opt in for the subscription, it wasn't ever going to get any more updates. I also had no way to make anything more than basic enhancements ( something I seldom do with a few exceptions ).
So I got another program called Luminar 2018 that also supports several options similar to what Photoshop provided to Lightroom... things such as layers as one simple example. With layers, I could do things like adding a texture file to the overall or a portion of a pic... or perhaps change the sky out to something better than what the original sky was... or many other things that only could be done in a separate program like Photoshop.
Anyhow... next I used a RAW photo that I took back in 2016 at a local pond that I've been using to check out the new programs with. Basically I sort of did the initial developing as closely as each program would allow ( or I closely as I could make them within reason and without spending hours learning each of the new programs to get things a little closer ). Each did a nice job with only basically minor differences in method.
The following is from one of the programs, the first shot is just doing the standard developing getting the shot to look as I meant it to look when I took the shot. The next was a quick down and dirty enhancement to add sunrays to the pic... something I'm enjoying way to much ( considering I actually prefer natural shots instead ) ...
Oh... I also resized these down to around 1024 pixels wide for sharing on the forum instead of the full 6000 px that they started as...
I also bought two more RAW photo processing programs so I can have other options when I'm developing my RAW pics. At first after getting a DSLR that had a RAW file option, I was using a free program called Lightzone and while it worked ok, it really didn't do everything I wanted and it was hard to develop a shot into exactly what I was seeing. After I finally found an older copy of Adobe Lightroom ( version 6 that didn't require that I purchase an ongoing subscription ), I was finally able to make the adjustments needed for a RAW photo so that it looked natural like I was looking for. The downside with Lightroom is that unless I opt in for the subscription, it wasn't ever going to get any more updates. I also had no way to make anything more than basic enhancements ( something I seldom do with a few exceptions ).
So I got another program called Luminar 2018 that also supports several options similar to what Photoshop provided to Lightroom... things such as layers as one simple example. With layers, I could do things like adding a texture file to the overall or a portion of a pic... or perhaps change the sky out to something better than what the original sky was... or many other things that only could be done in a separate program like Photoshop.
Anyhow... next I used a RAW photo that I took back in 2016 at a local pond that I've been using to check out the new programs with. Basically I sort of did the initial developing as closely as each program would allow ( or I closely as I could make them within reason and without spending hours learning each of the new programs to get things a little closer ). Each did a nice job with only basically minor differences in method.
The following is from one of the programs, the first shot is just doing the standard developing getting the shot to look as I meant it to look when I took the shot. The next was a quick down and dirty enhancement to add sunrays to the pic... something I'm enjoying way to much ( considering I actually prefer natural shots instead ) ...
Oh... I also resized these down to around 1024 pixels wide for sharing on the forum instead of the full 6000 px that they started as...
Great work RD, very evocative!
Ok, on my way to grocery shopping.....
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