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[SI] On The Road - 'duck Comments
On 2012-08-23 07:24:52 -0700, PeterN said:
On 8/20/2012 10:24 PM, Savageduck wrote: On 2012-08-20 19:06:41 -0700, PeterN said: On 8/20/2012 8:12 PM, Savageduck wrote: ‘Duck comments: snip Peter Newman: On-Road-01: Nice rail car (caboose I suspect) on the railroad, but the contrast and saturation seems to be a tad over cranked to me. And deliberately so. I was trying to make a statement about the garish lifestyle that existed for many in the days of the caboose. OK! I'll buy that. On-Road-02: Nice image, but this time I have different issues. I know the D300 can perform better than that at ISO 800. There is too much noise and I am not sure if that is ISO 800 noise(which I doubt) or over sharpening in post. If ISO 800 noise, the noise reduction in ACR works very well now. If due to over sharpening, well shame on you. I guess my eyes are getting old. I was playing with a new method of sharpening. High Pass? When I get some time I would probably redo this image as a low-key soft focus presentation. Hey! If you send me the NEF or an unaltered jpeg(dropbox link) via email, I might have an idea or two to deal with the noise and sharpen. Check your email: Got it! Results to follow. ....but now I understand the problem you were trying to fix. My solution might be a little different. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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[SI] On The Road - 'duck Comments
On 8/23/2012 12:31 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2012-08-23 07:24:52 -0700, PeterN said: On 8/20/2012 10:24 PM, Savageduck wrote: On 2012-08-20 19:06:41 -0700, PeterN said: On 8/20/2012 8:12 PM, Savageduck wrote: ‘Duck comments: snip Peter Newman: On-Road-01: Nice rail car (caboose I suspect) on the railroad, but the contrast and saturation seems to be a tad over cranked to me. And deliberately so. I was trying to make a statement about the garish lifestyle that existed for many in the days of the caboose. OK! I'll buy that. On-Road-02: Nice image, but this time I have different issues. I know the D300 can perform better than that at ISO 800. There is too much noise and I am not sure if that is ISO 800 noise(which I doubt) or over sharpening in post. If ISO 800 noise, the noise reduction in ACR works very well now. If due to over sharpening, well shame on you. I guess my eyes are getting old. I was playing with a new method of sharpening. High Pass? When I get some time I would probably redo this image as a low-key soft focus presentation. Hey! If you send me the NEF or an unaltered jpeg(dropbox link) via email, I might have an idea or two to deal with the noise and sharpen. Check your email: Got it! Results to follow. ...but now I understand the problem you were trying to fix. My solution might be a little different. I may have sent the wrong RAW file, but they were all taken about the same time. -- Peter |
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[SI] On The Road - 'duck Comments
On 2012-08-23 10:45:02 -0700, PeterN said:
On 8/23/2012 12:31 PM, Savageduck wrote: On 2012-08-23 07:24:52 -0700, PeterN said: Hey! If you send me the NEF or an unaltered jpeg(dropbox link) via email, I might have an idea or two to deal with the noise and sharpen. Check your email: Got it! Results to follow. ...but now I understand the problem you were trying to fix. My solution might be a little different. I may have sent the wrong RAW file, but they were all taken about the same time. If you have one that is in focus I might have to revise what I just posted. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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