So… yesterday I went downtown for the first annual Mayor’s Cup, a criterium bicycle race in downtown Boston. The racing started fairly late in the day for this time of year: The sun was pretty low even at
the start and, being downtown amidst all the buildings, much of the course was in deep shadow… except the parts that were in dazzling sunlight. Exposure, color balance, all extremely wacky. Even at the
default (neutral) raw conversion settings, color saturation was off the charts.
So rather than attempt the fool’s errand of trying to make the resulting shots look normal, I dialed down the highlights as much as possible, turned up the black levels and contrast and turned down the color saturation to get…
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It works for me, Mark. The first two I like the most, although #8 is also rather compelling. A shame I couldn’t make it to this race.
Thanks! It was a learning experience, but a lot of fun.