CANON DPP SOFTWARE
The Canon Magazine 95
EOS S.O.S
Motocross racer
IMOGEN ANGELLY, KENT SAYS... This
was my second ever visit to a motocross
race. I had taken my EOS 200D and a
borrowed 70-200mm f/4L lens. I tried
using sports mode on the EOS 200D to
capture photos of the riders during the
races, but the shots looked a bit blurry
even on the LCD. I spoke to another
photographer who advised me to try
using a faster shutter speed and maybe
try Shutter Priority mode. With my
camera set to 1/2000 sec I tried again
and got much better results. I processed
my photo using Apple Photos software.BRIAN SAYS... Well that’s a good sharp
shot with crisp detail in both rider and
motorbike. The suggestion to use a
faster shutter speed was a good one.
Your composition is quite good, as you
have put the rider on the left third of
the shot, and they have space in the
frame to move in to. The background isa bit messy with all the other
spectators and photographers, but
there’s not much you can do about this
from this location. It looks to have been
an overcast day, if you can go again ona brighter day you’ll get more contrast
and this can help the colours pop too.
For your second ever race this is a
successful shot, and you now have
some knowledge of the settings to use.RATE MY PHOTO
BRIAN SAYS... In reality there is an
order that the adjustments are applied to
the Raw image, but that’s determined by
your Raw converter. In practical terms
when you’re star ting to edit an image it
makes most sense to work on the global
adjustments first then go deeper in to
smaller localized adjustments. Most
people start with the fundamentals,
getting the exposure and colour right,before moving on to cropping their
picture to improve the composition or
straighten the horizon. After this do any
cloning and spot removal. Once you have
the basics completed it’s time for
localized adjustments, refinements to
the colour tones to suit the mood and
then sharpening and lens correction as a
final step. Then output the image using
the completed image as a JPEG or TIFF.01 INITIAL TWEAKS
When working with Raws, start by
refining the brightness, white balance,
gamma, shadows and highlights from
the Tool panel on the right.
02 CAREFULLY COMPOSE
For a second adjustment look at
cropping the image to improve the
composition, or as in this shot removing
the distraction on the left side.03 FINAL CORRECTIONS
Specific details is the last step, when
you want to refine the brightness and
colour of certain parts. Do any lens
corrections as a final step before saving.I’m new to shooting
Raw – is there an order
of adjustments to follow
when editing pictures, or
can you do it in any order
your like?
Becca Redmond, Newbury
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Exposure 1/2000 sec, f/4.5, ISO400