Is this impossible?

[cupcake09]

Hi!

To make a long story short I think [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, SimSun-18030]I took a gorgeous photo and can't remember what settings I used. I've tried messing with each but can't see to get back to where I was.

I accidentally deleted the original photo, and only have the photo shop edited JPG.

Is it humanly possible to somehow look at the ISO/Shutter/aperture post production somehow?

I've tried loading the jpg back on my camera but the camera can't read it.

Thanks in advance! [/FONT]

 

[tirediron]

Try this. The information may still there.

 

[Murray Bloom]

Open the image in your image editor. It's possible. even likely, that the EXIF data survived the JPG conversion.

 

[cupcake09]

I see a bunch of data i.e. size, ect. but that's it. Thanks anyways I'll just have to keep trying!

 

[Derrel]

Post the photo and maybe somebody can give you an approximation of the settings. Regardless, it's not like simply knowing the exact settings will allow one to reproduce a successful photo except under more or less identical circumstances.

 

[Gavjenks]

Yeah, posting the photo will let us tell you how to get that look IN GENERAL, which will be way more useful anyway than just knowing one set of settings.

 

[Derrel]

Yeah, posting the photo will let us tell you how to get that look IN GENERAL, which will be way more useful anyway than just knowing one set of settings.

Exactly! We had a discussion about this very issue, "EXIF fixation", some time back...and as Gavjenks points out, knowing just ONE set of settings is not going to be all that helpful if the original photo was made on say, a cloudy day, and the ISO had to be at 800, in order to get a decent shutter speed...what if the day were really BRIGHT? A lot of people seem to think that knowing f/stop.shutter speed, and ISO is some kind of a magical formula. It's not, really.

 

[gloriamint]

Post the photo and maybe somebody can give you an approximation of the settings. Regardless, it's not like simply knowing the exact settings will allow one to reproduce a successful photo except under more or less identical circumstances.

Yeah! Derrel is right ! Posting a photo will give the real scenario of what actually happened.

 

[cupcake09]

I know its not a magic formula but I shoot products with the same lighting so it'd be nice to have an idea. xD

Here's the photo

http://www.bakingbeauty.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/markglosses2.png

 

[Dao]

PNG format ... hum ...

Can you describe the light setup?

 

[cupcake09]

PNG format ... hum ...

Can you describe the light setup?

Absolutely. It's just seamless white paper with 2 daylight bulbs. They're set up at opposite corners (i.e. you could draw a diagonal line between them.

 

[ph0enix]

PNG files don't contain EXIF data. Do you have a JPEG version of the file?

 

[Derrel]

PNG format ... hum ...

Can you describe the light setup?

Absolutely. It's just seamless white paper with 2 daylight bulbs. They're set up at opposite corners (i.e. you could draw a diagonal line between them.

Well...maybe you could set up the two bulbs and the seamless, and take a meter reading or two of similar subject matter, using the typical metering mode you use...the resulting exposure the camera indicates is probably going to be close. And, since the light source is not all "that bright", it's probably going to be a typical, indoor light exposure range...

 

[cupcake09]

PNG format ... hum ...

Can you describe the light setup?

Absolutely. It's just seamless white paper with 2 daylight bulbs. They're set up at opposite corners (i.e. you could draw a diagonal line between them.

Well...maybe you could set up the two bulbs and the seamless, and take a meter reading or two of similar subject matter, using the typical metering mode you use...the resulting exposure the camera indicates is probably going to be close. And, since the light source is not all "that bright", it's probably going to be a typical, indoor light exposure range...

Great idea thank you. Going to give it a go tonight when it gets dark.

Here's the JPG for what its worth

 

[ph0enix]

Unfortunately it isn't worth much. The EXIF data has been stripped.