Camera RAW Edits

When I went to the Zoo a couple weekends ago, I took some shots of this monkey that just didn't turn out. I couldn't get the lighting right, I was shooting through glass, and my exposure settings were just off. So I was excited when I was able to take a totally underexposed photo and be able to get an image out of it. I took the photo in RAW on my camera and so editing the settings in Camera Raw was a cinch. I opened it up in CR and brightened up the black fill lights and desaturated the image. I adjusted some of the contrast and did some restoration. It was fun to play around with the different sliders. I was happy to see what was under all of that black.

Monkey in Black; 8 May; 1pm; IF Zoo; f2.8, 1/50; Canon T1i; 16mm wide angle lens