''Tarpela micans'' is a species of darkling beetle in the family Tenebrionidae.
Similar species: Beetles
By Christine Young
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Uploaded Apr 30, 2019. Captured Apr 27, 2019 15:50 in 31 Ferncrest Ave, Coventry, RI 02816, USA.
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Which is still hard to believe, given the quality of your output. I can ensure you that when just checking your output, most professional photographers would assume you have a full-fledged (RAW) workflow. Because that's what it takes to produce this.
Guess not. Puts things in perspective. Posted 6 years ago
- If you often find the need to strongly recover details in shadows or highlights. This is JPEG biggest weakness compared to RAW, where you can recover multiple stops of under/overexposure. Yet if you don't find yourself in that situation often, it's of no use. I personally strongly need this because of many birds taken in back light. Without recovery they would just be dark silhouettes. It doesn't seem a problem in your shots, therefore your answer may be different.
- White balance corrections. You can't do much color toning corrections in JPEG in a non-destructive way. Yet if you have pretty stable light conditions and set the camera to a white balance setting close enough, you won't often need such a correction.
Those two would be decisive reasons for JPEG/RAW. Lesser important reasons to decide in favor or against it:
- HDR. If you want to combine multiple shots to maximize dynamic range. RAW would be better. Yet an edge case, not a very typical scenario. It's also not impossible in JPEG, just harder.
- Digital negative. If you plan to make wildly different edit from the same shot or go back in history and completely redo post processing. RAW can do that.
From what I see, you're consistently producing top shots in a light and efficient flow. Don't change that if you're already happy. RAW is no goal. It has serious downsides only worth it if you're in need of its flexibility.
Or, don't chose at all and pick JPEG+RAW combined shooting and only use the RAW for special occasions. Posted 6 years ago
I don't usually have to recover details, except in cases like this beetle when the subject is so dark. But, I'm still intrigued (yet frustrated) by the RAW process and learning to edit photos in general. I've never been a tech-oriented person (are you gasping?!) and prefer simple/old school just because it's familiar. I always want to find ways to improve my photos and learn more, but I find that I don't have the patience/time/quietness of mind to tackle such things at this point. It's a weird dichotomy - I am seriously intrigued by the tech, but also confused by it. Someday I will have more time and hopefully patience though, I hope! Until then, I will be content to learn slowly through tech savvy photographers like you and others on JD.
Posted 6 years ago, modified 6 years ago
Note though that after getting over that initial bump where you would have your workflow set up, it's really not that much different from what you probably already do. Crop, touch a few sliders, export.
You don't have to go on some RAW course, I too thought it was a huge deal before I started using it. It's not. Above all, it's a change of routine, and I can relate that changing routine is hard, especially if what you have already works.
Trust me on this though, you grasp concepts a hundred times more complex than RAW. Maybe one day I'll just take you through the entire process after which you can conclude...that's it!?! Posted 6 years ago