More tabletop photos with D2x - JPG isn't bad at all!

[ednaz]

Rushed home from work with a quick stop at the grocer to grab some subjects for backyard tabletop photos to feed into my color series. In the rush, I forgot that I'd set the D2x to jpg fine the evening before, and so I shot for an hour with it set that way. I was crushed when I realized it, because with the D100 shooting jpg was only OK, and I was sure that I would not be able to get the rich, surreal colors out of the jpg.

Well, I was wrong. Very minor color adjustments to get them to match up with the other images shot raw other days. The inside of the flower image, with a pattern of fine crossing lines, is the kind of thing that should be rife with artifacts, but at 100% magnification on screen, no problem at all.

Subscribe to see EXIF info for this image (if available)

Subscribe to see EXIF info for this image (if available)

Subscribe to see EXIF info for this image (if available)

Subscribe to see EXIF info for this image (if available)

 

[PhotoDawg]

Nice colors!!!

 

[jfrancis]

Outstanding images. The more I see from this camera, the more impressed I am - especially with its color rendition.

 

[Flew]

Ed,

These images are excellent, so I can't disagree with your conclusion, but I'll be honest. I wouldn't even know how to process a straight JPG any more (and I shot about 10,000 of them before I started shooting RAW).... :lol:

 

[ednaz]

Color rendition is what sealed it for me

When I shoot film, I only shoot the VS and Ultra Color stuff. I could get to where the transparency VS film goes with my D100. With the D2x ,I can get to where the Kodak Ultra goes.

I also "torture" the images a bit. When I'm shooting against a late evening sky, I will often shoot with WB on flash or daylight, and then process as one of the flourescent choices, that's where the rich skies come from. (That, and using a Kaeseman polarizer.) Sure beats trying to use half-filters on the lens. What blew me away is that the JPG could be processed to almost identical looks to what I do to the RAW images.

This camera's fantastic. Now, I want my efficient workflow back...hope Nikon and Adobe come to terms.