I’ve written before about some of the advantages of processing Fuji RAW files in a third party piece of software such as Iridient Developer or Photo Ninja. Personally, Iridient Developer is my preferred tool for this task (although Photo Ninja does a great job too). The only problem with this workflow is the length of time it takes. Because you need to sort first, and then go through the images in Iridient Developer, then render them back out, and then finish them in Lightroom, the process can be a bit long winded and tedious. To be honest, unless it’s something that you really need the extra detail for, most of the time I just stick with Lightroom, even though I know ID’s processing will be better.

However, I’ve come up with a new workflow which speeds things up a bit. 

Processing some Cherry Blossom images from the Sony Nex-7 in Photo Ninja for that extra level of sharpness!

Now that Lightroom finally ads colour profiles for the various picture modes that come with Fuji’s X-Series cameras, I thought I’d give them a quick review. I’ve already played around wight the velvia profile and found it quite pleasant. Today, I was out shooting so I took some time to go through all the picture modes so that I could compare the Jpegs to the Raw files processed using the relative colour profile. As far as I can tell they all look pretty accurate. I’ve posted the pairs below so you can judge for yourself.

Trying out the new Velvia profile in Lightroom 5.4 for Fuji Cameras...

Incredible story and pictures from the BBC about this 13 year old girl in Mongolia who uses an Eagle to hunt. Well worth a read

#HDR shot of the famous Custom House building in Dublin.

Taken with the #Fuji  XE-1 and processed using Photomatix Pro 5 and +Adobe Photoshop Lightroom with a little bit of +Adobe Photoshop too !

#Photography   #Street   #Ireland   #Dublin  

Here’s a problem I had the other day, that I’m sure you’ve come across at some point. I was walking along and I saw this cool painted bike chained to the railings by the canal where I was walking. It was a great subject and I really wanted to get a photo of it, but I only had my 35mm lens with me on my Fuji XE1. This unfortunately wouldn’t fit the bike in frame.  The solution is actually pretty simple: take a whole bunch of photos and then stitch them together in #Photoshop  

Cherry Blossoms taken with the Fuji XE-1. Raw file processed using the new Fuji Colour profiles in #Lightroom 5.4 combined with my own Quick Lux presets. This was using the velvia profile

The colure are so much better with the new profiles. Not that they were that bad before but it makes a huge difference

Photo: Cyclist and Taxis on a Summer's Evening at Stephen's Green in Dublin City

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