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• The critical point here is that the RAW file contains all the recorded data from the sensor… but it is not an image! Since a RAW file has no colour space, no channels nor layers, all the info is data in a rather compact form. Once saved, the conversion implies creating a picture, an image, including colour space, bit depth, and the necessary chan- nels to reflect the chosen output colour space… thus justi fying, explaining, the dramatic increase in file size. The cool thing is that, in the RAW converter, the original take is not altered in anyway. All rendition tweaks are recorded in some kind of xmp (sidecar) files that the converter always read to render an "on screen" jpg illustration of your work. As long as you stay in your converter, the original size of your file remains unchanged (but for the small sidecar xmp files). The chosen "save as" format of the final version will be bigger if saving the image rendition in 3 or 4 channels, adding to that the resulting effect of a higher bit depth and lower or lossless no compression. The chosen "save as" format of the final version will be smaller if the image is saved as a "flatten" image, with lower bit depth, and lossy compression. So I stay as long as possible in the converter and publish for pixel editing as last step in the post production. *** I am a photographer, not a programmer… I expressed this the way I understand it. Please correct the terminology or any mistake (s) I could have done!

• I opened you CR2 in my converter and got this in less than a minute. I observed… the LR sky has a magenta cast to it the DRL is not optimized, consequently… the micro-contrast is suffering a bit the same lack of micro-contrast is shaving away some sharpness NOTE: I did not apply any sharpening! the noise level in the LR files is far too high compared to my suggestion both your LR and your AP renditions look, at 100%, quite washed out AP seems to have better corrected the lens distortion All together, I think taking the time to be more intimate with the software is the key to renditions that would please you. Personally, I never treated my RAW files with LR, CR etc. I hope this helps you! (DRL = Dynamic Range Levels = black and white points setting.)

• I endorse your thinking, all the way! I haven't found anything yet to match CO9, and I stay in there to complete all rendition tweaks and move to AP when I need an editor. All my RAW production is done in CO9 and, since I don't use Adobe products anymore, AP was the better choice to replace their pixel editor. I am not a graphic nor an imaging artist, just a photographer!

• — following and completing this thread: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/27639-no-ap-•-first-snow-—picture-heavy/ … ​ Very heavy clouds and fog were not helping me in this but the equation remains and should be completed: I got the gear + here is the challenge = I'm gonna do what? By law (physics laws that is!), birds will fly at the same speed (flight is flight!) in good or bad lighting conditions. I should try to get good results and the solution resides in tweaking the shooting settings accordingly, accepting to compromise here and/or there: higher ISO, same ƒ stop, and, when possible, slower SS. Every time it is different and, today, some Great Egrets really outperformed all the others birds show wise. The light was alien somehow but that did not bother the birds. Have a look, have a good time… C&C welcomed! 1 2 3 4 5 It was also breakfast time for what we call a "Blue Heron"! 6 7 8 This Great Egret is getting dangerously close to the Heron which is a much stronger bird. 9 This hybrid Goose (Greylag + ???) brought a rather modest contribution to the show! 10 "Clear the runway, here I come"!

• I spent three hours, in the early afternoon, shooting corporate portraits of a new management team put in place after a very hostile takeover by some american interests. Sure, I was doing the right thing (it did cost them dearly!) but I didn't feel so happy with this bunch of proud, superficial, in- fatuated, cold, and arrogant executives and managers. The job was well done and very well paid… but I had to put my "soul" at ease and, to wash away the bitter feelings, I know nothing that beats a visit to the close by marsh. Specially today, as it was the first snow! Mother Nature treated me well —maybe She felt how I needed Her to cheer me up— and surprised me… as usual! This was a delicious moment and I would like to share with you Her beauty and kindness… In one of the takes, a Kingfisher is perched… can you spot it? Have a look, have a good time… C&C welcomed! 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 What, a shy snow you say? This is south Austria… not Canada! :P :D :P :D :P Sure, I did shoot some birds but that's the following thread… be patient… here is the link: Tip: the Kingfisher is in picture 8 Part 2, with Egret ballet, is here: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/27703-no-ap-2-•-birds-in-first-snow-—picture-heavy/

• The client wanted to capture the playful attitude of the Islander horses. The better time to do so is mid morning and these two guys went for it with energy… like on cue! Of course, it is autumn and this is only an exuberant game. Such a shoot would not have been possible today as it is snowing! AP was used here to remove the closer fence be- hind the horses. C&C welcomed!

I knew of shooters trying their best to make their own life miserable but I never heard it could go so far! :( The T-stop is a measure of the light that is reaching the sensor, used in video production. The ƒ-stop, used by photographers, is a relative mea- sure of the light going through and is lens dependant. Most of the bird/wildlife shooters I have met don't even bother with that stuff as the subject and the light condi- sions have all our attention. On the other hand, I am just a photographer with no tag like birder or else… just trying to do everything the only way I know: the best I can! —"…a user-related thing"? May well and legitimately be but in my case, nothing is worth more than the ultimate rendition of the RAW data and Capture One Pro is the converter closest to ​what I was looking for since I work in the hight end of publishing/printing. Maybe someone someday will outperform my actual set of tools but Affinity RAW is not yet there I think … too close to the lightroom approach! So I understand you perfectly!

This is always a bonus when previewing the takes in post production as, during the shoot, I don't really have the time to appreciate these details. Between the capture techniques, the tracking and fo- cusing on these rather unpredictable targets… the drops are easily overlooked! Glad you like'm!

Thanks for that! Right, the D810 is the best in terms of dynamic range and resolution. In combo, with the 600 ƒ4, it is my main gear for the purpose. I have a second one in combo with the 200~400 ƒ4… Both on Canadian made Jobu Black Widow Pro II gimbals. As for the chilling weather, the man is a bear (justified by the paws!!!) and the bear is Canadian… greater tolerance! I am not sure, at this point, that the RAW converter in AP would "convert" me to it ipso facto. I may dislike Adobe but I love Capture One Pro. I stay in Capture One Pro as long as possible but it is no pixel editor, for this, I use AP. Thanks for your comments! ;)

• I think I always was, and still am and ever be, a sneaky hunter in Nature Reserves… image hunter that is! Armed with big guns (600mm on D810 among others), I love the peace and quiet of a close by marsh where I shoot not to kill but to immortalize. Not much of a harvest for a whole free day but is was a great time! In Fall poor light conditions and most of the time at the extreme reach of my combo, these marsh habitants are playing hard to get. So the lens focal length and the high pixel count were pushed to the limits of their possibilities in terms of capture and rendition. AP's "Inpainting Tool" was used to clean up the water sur- face in some cases. C&C Welcomed!

+1 …so eager to replace InDesign that I love but it is an Adobe product! :( …the last one I use!

Thanks, added the C&C welcome. Did retouche some markings on the bow and minor back skin irregularities. Right… but on the other hand, it is the only place the sweat beads may be seen! Thanks for that! :)

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Hi Steve SKD! Since this is an Affinity Photo forum too, we could help one another like the "Designer" do… so post them anyway! ;) Right, but how much of the bow is needed to recognize it? As for the light on the right elbow, I thought that the progression of the brightness in the same direction the the arrow would go is fitting the shot rather nicely. Great, glad you like them! Thanks for the comments!

• 89 views… and no reactions! Am I doing the wrong thing… at the wrong place perhaps?

• Province? Did he say Province? Canadian maybe! or Spain or… That's good imagery… very cool! :)

gdenby, one of the secrets to succeed these shot is to control what the glass (or others) can "see". It cannot reflect what it doesn't see! Thanks for your comment and appreciation. ;)

• Thanks for that dscmax. Over the years, I built up skills and experience with reflective surfaces and, since I am living in a wine growing region, it proved to be most useful.

• In my experience, I see two ways… 1– if you want the imported file to reflect the edits, just save them (command + s )and close the file (command +w ) 2– if you want to save a file in another format then the imported one, just… File > Export… and chose the appropriate option!

• When I see work like that, I remember why I use a camera! :)

• … love the hypnotic effect of the owl's face, very cool!

• Tiens… Montréal? Ma ville, j'y avais mon studio avant de partir pour l'Europe en 1989! Thanks for the comment et salut chez-vous… ;)

• Very cool, delicious!

• A north-californian guy and his austrian wife invited me on their farm yesterday… an exploration visit. I could not resist the camera trigger at the sight of these three lonely decorative things on a window sill. A quick composition yielded this… just for fun, old style!

As a Capture One Pro user myself, I stay in there as long as possible. I do not see why even this adjustment shouldn't be part of the exported working file for the pixel editor. As for Affinity Photo, you will find similar tweak tools in the Basic tab of the Develop Persona. Have a good time!