Dan, What are you using to process your DNG files? I'm a Lightroom user but know there are other options out there. A DNG files is a very fluid, flexible thing and with a good eye, a sense of where you wish to take a particular image, and the proper software you can mold a good base image into whatever you like. Actually you can mold it into several whatever you likes! While it isn't mandatory to do so I tend to do my basic adjustments on my raw files rather linearly...exposure, contrast, highlights, shadow, blacks. And then once the image is looking good I get creative with some saturation and clarity. Most of my images end up in PS as I do my black and white conversions via actions over there. DNG is a different beast from jpg...it's a base image waiting to become something based on how you process it. Hope this is helpful. Lea your kids . my camera . we'll click > On Jan 19, 2016, at 6:53 AM, Dan Mitchell <danmdan3842@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I’ve recently got my very first DSLR, a Pentax K20D, (I’m on a low-ish budget), which can produce Digital Negatives alongside JPEGs and am finding it a lot easier to influence the quality of my envisaged end result. Really I’m just discovering the advantages of the DNG - any helpful comments will be appreciated. > > > Dan > > > ******************************************** > > > >> On 19 Jan 2016, at 12:00, photoforum-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Re: PF members hang new work on Jan 16, 2016 (Jan Faul) >> 2. gallery review (Lea Murphy) >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 08:33:23 -0600 >> From: Lea Murphy <lea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> To: PhotoForum educational network <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Subject: gallery review >> >> Dan Mitchell - Evening Light ?I can see how you?d grab your camera and run outside to capture that! Nicely done and you?ve held tones in both light and dark areas?not the easiest of feats. >> >> Lea >> >> >> your kids . my camera . we'll click >> >> www.leamurphy.com >
