Tinkering around a bit this afternoon with some camera raw settings and thought I would share: Afternoon Warmth.

Here is the original image, straight out of the camera  (70mm, f/2.8, 1/800, ISO 200):

As you can see, I have been enjoying the new lens (Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8). The above image is nothing to get excited about.  It is just a few leaves with some bokeh background.  Shooting in raw really gives you so much more control over your photos and allows you to make some quick adjustments.  One aspect about camera raw that I love is the ability to save your settings and reapply them to other photos. For example, check this image out below:

Obviously some post processing in Photoshop, yet the foundation was set within the raw settings.  I also ran a few actions courtesy of littlemisspatricia to bring in the colors that I wanted. Once I had the file where I wanted it prior to running the actions, I saved the camera raw preset.  The presets are easy to use.  Simply save the file to a specific directory (I keep all of my presets under the Program Files > Adobe Photoshop CS3 > Presets directory).  When you open camera raw, right click in the menu area (see below) and select “Load Settings”.  Browse to where you saved your files and you are good to go.

Below is the original image with the “Afternoon Warmth” preset applied to it (as well as increased vignetting):

DOWNLOAD: Afternoon Warmth Camera Raw Preset