Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I hope this is a little better - re-edited, and a new crop - it doesn't quite get rid of all the noise (NR and sharpen in NeatImage), and I removed a colour cast too. (DCEtools plug-in) http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3785_edited_2 Douglas Douglas Sharp wrote: > Hello Rei, > The shot is cropped out of the centre of a frame shot in very low > light earlier this evening, although it was shot with 800 I still had > to shift the exposure by another 1.5 stops (I suppose that makes it > somewhere between 1600 and 3200 equivalent) )to get the bird correctly > exposed, I'm looking into doing some more processing on it to see if I > can get the noise out of the shadows, and maybe darken them a little, > without affecting the bird itself. The lens used was not one of the > best offerings from Canon, a 28-135 zoom, and used very nearly wide > open (f6.3) so it's really a borderline shot. But, that said, I was in > fact quite pleased with the shot of the bird picking insects out of > the vine. > I have about 4 different noise reduction processes on my PC , so I'll > see which works best, some of the effect may even be from sharpening > without having applied any NR - we shall see tomorrow. > regards from Hannover > Douglas > > > Rei Shinozuka wrote: > >> the first photo is especially nice. one of the first things that >> caught my eye, however, was the odd texture noticable in the out of >> focus areas. it is like placing a sheet of frosted glass over the >> print, >> or perhaps a bit of film reticulation. >> is it just 800 ASA digital schmutz from the camera? >> >> >> -rei >> >> On Apr23 19:02, Douglas Sharp wrote: >> .. >> >> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3785_edited_1 >>> Feeding on a Russian Vine >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3781_edited_1 >>> Just sitting there (Damn that twig obscuring his beak) >>> >>> Technical stuff Canon 20D, 135mm, ISO equivalent 800 >>> Cheers >>> Douglas >>> >> >> .... >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >