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File:Serranía de Hornocal up close near Humahuaca.jpg, featured[edit]

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Serranía de Hornocal up close
Yes, that'll do.--Peulle (talk) 15:44, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Hi, Ikan Kekek. I would say that this picture is faithful to the experience of seeing it with your own eyes. But that does not mean that it is unaltered from the RAW-data that comes directly out of the camera. In addition to some basic highlights and shadows adjustments, the vibrance adjustment is +15, and saturation +5 in lightroom. The RAW-data always comes out a bit flat and need some adjustment to bring the viewer into the experience of being there. But the question is always how much is to much?
I added this comment to this picture because way to many abuse the saturation slider in pictures of the hornocal, i.e. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hornocal.JPG. Then people get disappointed when they actually see it in real life. In stead of hiding the fact that it is adjusted, I thought I might tell the audience about it in the description. That might not have had the intended effect though, as people might then believe that it is actually something wrong with my color adjustment because most of the time people do not ad such comments.
With that being said, a discussion of what but be a faithful representation of the hornocal is interesting and I can upload the unedited raw-picture when I get home so you can compare. --Havardtl (talk) 09:16, 5 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • That would be interesting, but I am satisfied with your explanation and  Support. You might change the description to "colors enhanced from the raw file to reflect how they actually looked in person", or something like that. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:19, 5 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • To be honest, Havardtl, I think if you have achieved the colours you think you saw in person, then there is really no need for the description in the raw file, and it gives the wrong impression. If anything, you might want a comment saying "these colours are faithful to how I saw the scene". There isn't actually an "unedited raw-picture" you could upload -- just whatever Canon or Adobe consider to be neutral. I see from your EXIF you chose "Adobe Standard" profile for Lightroom, which is a reference profile and well calibrated, but also has a tendency to lack any pop and can look flat compared to the out-of-camera JPG. If you change this instead to "Camera Standard" then this is Adobe's attempt to simulate the profile that Canon use for their JPGs. You might prefer this and it may give your images a better starting point [set the profile before making any other adjustments]. I use that mode for my camera (Sony) and prefer the result to the Adobe Standard, though the Canon one will be different again. The other profiles (Portrait, Natural, etc) are less likely to be faithful to any degree. I don't think the adjustments you made are any more than most people do here, and not in any way to deceive the viewer with an artificial effect. -- Colin (talk) 09:59, 5 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks for the input Colin, I have now removed the statement altogether. I have heard about the different camera profiles, but not yet used them. I will make sure to try it out the next time I edit! --Havardtl (talk) 12:40, 5 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 17 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--cart-Talk 14:57, 9 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Natural
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