First Nikon D7000 Sample Photos

[Photo-John]

I finally had a chance to work my way through some of my first Nikon D7000 images. I shot RAW from the get-go and was all set to start processing with the included Nikon ViewNX 2 software when, thankfully, Adobe came through with a Lightroom update that supports the D7000. I'm sure I would have done just fine with the Nikon software but the Lightroom workflow is soooo much better than any manufacturer software I've used.

So all of these images were shot RAW and processed with Lightroom 3.3 and Photoshop CS3. I didn't do any selective adjustment with masks but I didn't hold back in Lightroom and I think all but one of these have at least one Photoshop levels or curves adjustment layer. The adjustments don't mean that the originals were bad. But the original is just raw material for me and post-processing adjustments are a standard part of my workflow.

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