These free RAW photos for retouching practice are all landscape images and are ideal unedited RAW photos to practice editing.
I shoot all of my landscape photos in RAW, as it gives so much more flexibility when it comes to editing your photos in Lightroom or Photoshop.
Feel free to use any of these RAW images for Photoshop practice (although they are not allowed to be used for commercial use, or re-sold or re-packaged for download), and if you do post your finished versions anywhere, please link back to www.lapseoftheshutter.com 🙂
Download RAW Photos: Unedited Photos to Practice Editing
If you want some practice editing these photos in Lightroom, then take a look at my themed packs of free Lightroom presets, available for unlimited use and immediate download with no email or signup needed.
You can also download PSD files which include the RAW file and layers containing my edits, from my page of practice images for Photoshop.
These are unedited photos to practice editing.
2. Santorini, Greece
![Santorini RAW file for download](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/untitled-1.jpg)
And below is the version I created using the Lightroom Develop System.
![Santorini created using the Lightroom Develop System](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/untitled-2-700x466.jpg)
There is also a free video tutorial on retouching this photo.
4. Bangkok, Thailand
![Free RAW photo for editing](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/free-RAW-photo-for-editing.jpg)
And below is the version I created using the Lightroom Develop System.
![Photo after editing](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/untitled-13.jpg)
This is part of a tutorial on how to easily add color depth to your photos.
11. Death Valley National Park, USA
![Landscape RAW photo for retouching](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/untitled-10.jpg)
And below is the version I created using the Lightroom Develop System.
![Landscape RAW photo](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/11-death-valley-before.jpg)
12. Canyonlands National Park, USA
![USA photo for download](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/untitled-2-5.jpg)
And below is the version I created using the Lightroom Develop System.
![Photo edited in Lightroom](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/untitled-11.jpg)
17. The Alps, Austria
![The Alps, Austria](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/untitled-2-8.jpg)
18. The Alps, Austria
![The Austrian Alps](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/untitled-17.jpg)
19. Meteora, Greece
![Meteora Greece](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/untitled-21.jpg)
20. Skaftafell, Iceland
![Glacier, Iceland](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/untitled-2-9.jpg)
21. Bryce Canyon National Park, USA
![Bryce Canyon, USA](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/untitled-22.jpg)
22. Matera, Italy
![Matera, Italy](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/untitled-23.jpg)
23. Bagan, Myanmar
![Bagan, Myanmar](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/untitled-24.jpg)
24. The Chopta Valley, Sikkim
![Sikkim, India](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/untitled-25.jpg)
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25. Rome, Italy
![Rome, Italy](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/25-rome.jpg)
26. Prague, Czech Republic
![Prague, Czechia](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MG_7822-copy.jpg)
27. The Lake District, UK
![lake district](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MG_5131-copy.jpg)
28. Athens, Greece
![acropolis](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MG_1862-copy.jpg)
29. Lofoten Islands, Norway
![lofoten](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MG_5332-copy.jpg)
30. Rome, Italy
![Rome, Italy](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MG_1627-copy.jpg)
31. Petra, Jordan
![Petra](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MG_7442-copy.jpg)
32. Milan, Italy
![Milan](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MG_8573-copy.jpg)
33. Lofoten Islands, Norway
![lofoten](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MG_5399-copy.jpg)
34. Luxembourg
![luxembourg](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MG_8670-copy.jpg)
35. Madison, WI, USA
![Madison](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MG_8845-copy.jpg)
36. The Maldives
![maldives](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MG_9481-copy.jpg)
37. Wadi Rum, Jordan
![wadi rum](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MG_8192-copy.jpg)
38. Lofoten Islands, Norway
![lofoten](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MG_5869-copy.jpg)
39. Seville, Spain
![seville](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MG_0152-copy.jpg)
40. Cambridge, UK
![Cambridge](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MG_9107-copy.jpg)
41. Singapore
![singapore](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MG_9809-copy.jpg)
42. Bali, Indonesia
![Bali](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MG_9498-copy.jpg)
43. Lofoten Islands, Norway
![lofoten](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MG_6201-copy.jpg)
44. Mandalay, Myanmar
![Mandalay](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MG_8765-copy.jpg)
45. Dubrovnik, Croatia
![Dubrovnik](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MG_5327-copy.jpg)
46. Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina
![Mostar](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MG_4941-copy.jpg)
47. Hampi, India
![Hampi](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MG_3464-copy.jpg)
48. Lofoten Islands, Norway
![lofoten](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MG_6924-copy.jpg)
49. Li River, China
![li river, china](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MG_9229-copy.jpg)
50. Vieste, Italy
![Vieste](https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MG_1874-copy.jpg)
Download All 50 Free RAW Files in One Pack!
Click the button below to download all 50 files in one go (use the Download icon in the top-right of the page that opens), but note that this is a few GB in size.
Download the Edits for a Select Number of the RAW Files
A number of the RAW files in the list above also show a version containing my edits. You can now download those edited files from the link below, then see if you can try to match them. You can also take a look at my practice images for Photoshop, which contain all my PS layers of an edit.
File Format
All of these photos for editing are CR2 files, which is Canon’s proprietary RAW format.
You can open these RAW photos to edit in any reputable photography program, but I would recommend either Lightroom or Photoshop, which will open these with ease.
How to Edit RAW Photos?
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2 Responses
Trang Nguyen
Hi the author,
It’s great that you shared RAW images of beautiful landscapes. However the links are wrong or the files are deleted that I couldn’t download images. I really appreciate your sharing if you could send me the link for download your 50 RAW files. Thank you so much !
Tim Daniels
Thanks for letting me know.
It looks like the company hosting the files have closed down without letting me know.
I’ll re-upload them elsewhere and update these links.