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Had a bit of time last night for a weekend challenge so I pulled out an old Nikon raw file from an assignment in 2009 that was horribly mis-metered and badly exposed. Due to time constraints (the main shots had to be seeded to press right after the show) a bunch of shots never got published because they would have required too much time per shot. My challenge now was: Can I make this acceptable in 30 minutes or less. I think I got in the ballpark to where it'd be usable in an editorial context. Not likely that I'll publish this one as it's just a training piece to develop faster workflows. Moral of the story. Always shoot raw. Converters get better, new apps come along, chances are you can fix a bad shot a few years down the road. I pretty much expunged the way of working I had in Photoshop and now am closer to how I'd approach a shot in Nuke. Meta: Shot on August 8th 2009 at The Water Rats (Monto) in London, UK. Event: Noush Skaugen's album pre-release show for the DrSystem album