LX3 sunrise
While lying in bed the other morning I noticed my bedroom door glowing red. I decided to get up to investigate. One look out the window and I had to make a mad dash downstairs to get the LX3 before anything changed.
I was curious to see what Photoshop could do with this image. I loaded it into Photoshop and hit “Auto Levels.” Absolutely nothing happened. I think that is first time Photoshop did not tweak anything at all. Photoshop deemed this to be the perfect picture. 😉 I love my new LX3. When Photoshop can’t improve what it produces you can’t complain.
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:32 am
That is a fantastic sunrise.
I can understand Photoshop not adding anything to the saturation, if you shot in RAW then maybe you could recover some of the shadow detail – not that it would add anything to the drama however.
The LX3 does look like a very stylish & classy camera.
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:08 am
I have yet to try RAW. This is my first camera that allows shooting in RAW and I will have to see what RAW can do for me. This photo was simple JPEG, no tripod, no Photoshop, no crop, nothing fancy at all. The only thing I’ve done with it is scale it down to a smaller size (as the original is something like 3648 x 2736.
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:28 am
Wow! And here was me thinking that my sunset yesterday wasn’t half bad! This is soooo awesome!
March 3rd, 2009 at 8:52 pm
I love your LX3 too. THAT IS AMAZING PHOTO and yes, the sunset is absolutely fantastic. & I thought we had a nice sunset here in So Cal last Sunday (yet to be posted.) I just cannot get over the beauty of it.
March 4th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Stunning !
May 9th, 2009 at 5:40 am
Great shot man.. I just bought a LX3 me too, an amazing camera indeed!
October 31st, 2009 at 11:35 am
Hi nice shot. I too have LX3 but sometimes the the shot seems dark…so, what do you use often, the programmed AE or the Intelligent Auto? Any tips that will help me get picture perfect photos with my LX3?
thanks…
October 31st, 2009 at 4:18 pm
I almost always use the iA setting. You may be focusing on the lightest object if your shots are coming out too dark. Focus on a darker image and the shutter should stay open a bit longer. Of course you’ll also need to have the camera resting on a tripod or other object if the shutter is staying open longer. You can also manually add shutter to any image prior to taking it. Sometimes I’ll add 1/3 of a second or a second.