I took the featured photo around 10 years ago during my first visit to San Francisco. I was shooting with a Canon 60D and my travel lens, Sigma 17-70mm.
Exif Data:
- Camera: Canon 60D
- Lens: Sigma 17-70mm
- Aperture: f/8
- Shutter Speed: 1/60s
- ISO: 100
- Focal length: 17mm
I believe it will be an exciting challenge to edit the featured RAW image.
The original free RAW photo is slightly underexposed, has no contrast, is noisy, and the barrel distortion produced by Sigma 17-70mm at the wide end is prominent. But everything can be easily fixed in Lightroom.
Free RAW Photos for Editing Library
My RAW Editing Version
And here is my editing version of the free RAW image. You can access all my editing steps from the Snapshot Panel of the Develop module in Lightroom.
My main goal was to emphasize the red color of the Golden Gate Bridge. I did it by desaturation the blue colors of the sky and green colors of the water. Plus, I increased the saturation of the reds and yellows.
I also changed the aspect ratio from 3:2 to 16:9.
What About Copyright?
All free raw images I share, I took myself, and they belong to me. They are not sourced from the public. But they are still copyrighted.
You are free to edit my RAW photos. And if you want to share them on your blog or social media, go for it; all I am asking is to credit me with the link to my site. And you can not use them commercially.
Free RAW Photos Library
Please remember to download my free Lightroom develop presets for faster raw editing.
