Narcissi exposures

The companion to today's main album shot : http://365project.org/dulciknit/365/2013-03-11

All sharpened and cropped but no other actions apart from straight conversion from RAW to *.jpeg - well, I assembled them into this, of course. :-D

[MaryBeth Dailey]

I think the one in the middle, on the far left should be named "Goldilocks' for two reasons: one, they are such a pretty yellow/gold color. Two, they are "just right" with the exposure. (for my tastes) this is gorgeous!

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

@espyetta Thank you, Mary Beth. Interesting - that was the one I used for my 365 album shot!

[Milanie]

I agree with MaryBeth - that's my choice on exposure - sure are lovely and so cheery looking.

[Janet]

I like the gradation across the grid of photos, but I think you chose the right one for your main shot!

[Richard]

nice set of shots

[Jen Hudson]

Yes I agree on the chosen one. So you do the conversion within the camera, sorry totally ignorant about RAW.

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautiful set of shots. Love the different exposures.

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

@jennywren Thank you, Jen. I use the RAW converter in Photoshop Elements 11

[Carole Imes]

I really like how you created this example of exposures. #3, 4 and 5 are perfect in my opinion.

[Jean Tookey]

A great way to present your pictures to show us the difference. I am not sure about RAW but our camera group are having a someone to talk about it.

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

@jtookey150 RAW photos are great. They take up quite a lot more memory but you can do so much more to make your shots look the way you want them to. The processing isn't difficult, like a lot of things it needs a bit of practice. And if you don't like what you've done, you just press the default button to take it back to the way it was. You can also make as many copies using different settings to get different looks, and still have the original shot - a bit like taking lots of prints from the same negative. It takes a bit of extra time but it's great fun. and you don't need to do the processing unless and until you want to use the shot. You can't send or print RAW files but once you've made a *-jpeg copy you can use that.
I thoroughly recommend it