Just a Walk in the Park!

[Larry Citra]

Sony A7rii, 28-300mm lens at45mm, 1/50th @ f- 13, ISO 6400. Camera was set on B&W Mode which gives me a RAW colour image and a B&W Jpeg image .... this is the Jpeg right out of the camera. In other words I let the camera process the image instead of Lightroom or Photoshop.

[Larry Citra]

Same shot processed in Lightroom ..... don't know which one I like better? I think the camera version shows more depth???

[Doug McMillin]

Larry, for detailed comparisons, I like to put things side-by-side:

 

The LR-processed version is on the left, the camera-alone version on the right. It's now easy to see the extra contrast and black boost in the camera version, confirmed in the histograms.

[Larry Citra]

Thanks for that Doug, good point!

[Simon Henson]

Your version is lighter in the shadows, thus finding more detail and adding that to the overall texture, giving the image a flatter look.

 

[Kahsia Hartwell]

I like the camera version better. It seems to have more contrast,

[Larry Citra]

I agree Kahsia!

[Avril Kirby]

Camera version seems more real, less "shopped", to me.