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Here for business but had a chance to do a little walk along the water tonight. I saw this giant fiddle and had to play :)
first the perspective shot (sorry for the noise,not sure what I did wrong here :shrug:)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2704/...6832258a48.jpg
moving closer:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2793/...67ae970827.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4002/...3d6f97c318.jpg
last view :)
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4018/...17ec1a003b.jpg
Liking the last 2 big time B... :)
Cool set!
What's the EXif data on that fiurst one and maybe we can figure where that noise came from?
Was it HDR Merge? If so that can bring a lot of noise.
Really nice set. That's one heck of a fiddle.
Re: Noise. I'm thinking auto or aperture priority and it bumped up the ISO due to a cloudy day.
Neat! That is one huge fiddle. Sometimes I get the noise with cloudy day shots..too long of exposure but I don't know if that would be your case here. It may be the HDR program. Interested to find out.
thanks guys. This is the exif data:
Exposure: 0.013 sec (1/80)
Aperture: f/11.0
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: -2 EV
Flash: No Flash
does that explain? it's not hdr
Nope. Not a clue in there at all!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bambi
What post processing did you do?
just my normal-straighten, crop, boost contrast, unsharp, etc...I took another look at the RAW and it's very noisy. I'm checking out some of the other shots so see if they are less so.
My best guess here is that this is actually under-exposed a bit and that has caused 'colour noise'. If you look closely at the noise ... is it lots of multi coloured dots?
In Lightroom you can adjust the colour and luminence noise levels.
Sharpening this would have made it worse. This where learning to use layers would help you tremendously. Imagine this image layered on itself and you sharpen one of those layers and then only blend through the bits with no noise. In this case the sky would be less noisey.
okay that makes sense. so when can you do a tutorial on that? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Mad Aussie
When can I do a tutorial on 'Selective Sharpening'?? Gee ... I dunno <cough blog cough cough blind cough blog resources cough cough>Quote:
Originally Posted by Bambi
:laughing:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mad Aussie
lol no I meant more on the whole masking thing. :o
My Selective Sharpening tutorial shows you how to use layer masks within that.
If you follow that you'll soon see how you can use it to also adjust colour, curves etc in a selective manner.
Why the -2EV?
If you have 4 minutes watch the following tutorial on how to use layer masks in Gimp: YouTube - Akkana Peck Layer Mask Tutorial using GIMP
Once you understand how layer masks work you can have all kinds of fun. Duplicate the image you are working with, then reduce one layer to black and white and keep the other layer as colour then use the layer mask for selective colouring. Saving the image as an XCF before exporting to JPG will let you go back and tweak it.
My "miniatures" were built like this. I sharpened one layer and then heavily blurred the other. I then painted the layer mask in such a way as to let some areas show through as being sharp while others remained blurry.
Cool ... now go find one for PSP X3 ;)
Gimp works much the same as PS in that regard. I'm expecting PSP X3 will also but it uses different terminology I think?
X3 has some cool tools, check out the sample video, YouTube - PaintShop Photo Pro X3, New Features Highlights
Based on this video, it's very similar: YouTube - Custom Sharpness Layers - PaintShop Photo Pro X3 Tutorial
you guys are too good to me :):thankyou:
You're special to us Bambi. Your name reminds us of our bachelor parties ;)
That's a good vid tutorial! X3 is slightly more complex than PS for this but shows what I mean.
He didn't mention it but I'm guessing if you make a mistake while using the mask and when using the black to rub out the layer you can choose white and rub it back in.