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Now this might well be another in my series of "not understanding very well" so excuse me if this is a bit of a daft question. I have a Fuji XT-1 which I like a lot but I notice that on some pictures skin looks very false. It is waxy but also "papery" ( does that make sense?) with odd artificial blotches on areas of highlight. This occurs in RAW files at all ISOs irrespective of the type of sharpening and noise reduction I've applied in post. Is this operator error and something very basic I have not mastered/understood? I use LR 5 but gave Iridient a go and although not as obvious the effect was still noticeable.
It doesn't happen on all photographs at all but I can't decided why it does on some. I know cameras have limits but I wonder if you have advice on how to minimise or avoid this effect.
Thanks for helping
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Wooster,
Sample posted here would be a help, and can you upload a RAW file and give a download link, or if you prefer to be private and not open to everyone, send me a private message via forum, or email me a link to: fstop_87_2@internode.on.net
We need to see this effect.
In meantime, was exposure needing to be brought back, maybe too much?
Cheers,
Trev
At first glance it looks like clumsy editing (eg. spot removal gone awry), but the poster says it is a SOOC JPG.
I do notice in the exif it has 4:2:2 chroma subsampling, which is evidence of a lower quality JPG. It should be 4:4:4 if they are trying to show things off the best they can. You would need to experiment to determine if this is the issue, a contributing factor, or not impacting it. (Speaking of trying to show off the camera the best they can, I just noticed that they shot it needlessly at ISO 1000, at 90mm at 1/1600 s. How about ISO 200 for 1/320 s for the same exposure?)
Another possibility: It says "Out of camera JPEG with Fujifilm's "PRO Neg. Hi" film simulation. Shot on a preproduction Fujifilm X-Pro2." I'm wondering if this "film simulation" processing is causing JPG artifacts in the skin tones?
As far as the RAW processing of your own shots, as Neil says, the choice of camera profile is important. If you post an example RAW file of yours (say on Dropbox or somewhere), I would take a look. I'm also curious if you are seeing it at all ISO or only on the higher ISOs?