Trying in-camera contrast increase

I took our daughter to a party at a local train/train depot display this weekend. I decided to try increasing the in-camera contrast setting to +1, rather than the default 0. In general, I think I like the normal setting (at least with the jpegs I normally shoot), but these came out ok. The subjects certainly liked posing!

All were shot with the D200 and 17-55 mm f/2.8, Aperture priority, Auto ISO

The train at the depot:
1/250s f/8.0 at 18.0mm iso100



A future fireman in natural light:
1/60s f/5.0 at 50.0mm iso250

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And another:
1/60s f/5.0 at 48.0mm iso450

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AHHHH!
1/60s f/5.0 at 40.0mm iso100 with flash EV -1.3

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Am I photogenic?
1/60s f/5.0 at 52.0mm iso1000

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Thanks for commenting, Dude!

Now that you mention it, the last one does have that film look to it... I could not quite decide why I like it. Thatnks again for looking.

 

Baywing,

I have always done contrast and sharpening in PP. I think that there are more adjustment options that way, and these turned out more contrasty than I'd like. But, it was worth the experiment.

 

Me, too, Barry.

I played with this one for a while to make adjustments. I'll have to try again.

 

Thanks, Alex.

The dog was a real dummy :biggrin: and wouldn't do anything but sit.

 

Thank you, Greg.

My daughter is Laura Beth and she is in this shot.

 

Thank you, Dave.

While these may have the right "punch" as you say, this, I found, does not work across the board. ... Back to my standard methods.