Noisy photos

  • Thread starter Thread starter Siilver
  • Start date Start date
S

Siilver

Guest
I did my first wedding on Saturday, so when it came to the reception, I might have been a bit safe on the shutter speed, so to be safe I had to put on the ISP, I was shooting on a 85mm 1.4 and 35mm 1.4 most of the night

But my iso was 4000 most of the night on the 5d2, they are not unusable, but has anyone got any tips to making it less noisy and keeping the sharpness in lightroom or photoshop


Any help would be great
Stephen
 
I will when I'm home in work at the min
So the second I'm in I will, but tips for now or plugins that are good
 
Were they exposed well but just noisy. Or were they under exposed and upping the exposure in LR has made them even noisier?

I know it's not a wedding, but this is the best I have to hand right now. But as an example this was shot on a 5dmk2 and I had to go up to iso4000 @ f2.8.
I would say it's perfectly usable.
Brownstock-118.jpg


Link to full size
 
I wouldn't say they are unusable, I just want to make it a bit better but keeping sharper
 
I've got shots at much higher iso than 4000 on the 5d2, and they looked quite good, are you sure it's not higher?
My software of choice is noiseware pro, I did a comparrison a while back and it came out top then.
 
na i was shooting at 4000, their not unusable, you only really see it up close
 
Another vote for Neat Image - works very well, is affordable, fully cross-platform, and available as standalone and plugin versions (including Aperture). The demo version is pleasantly generous, too, simply limiting the saving options (eg no metadata export, and only saving as JPEG).
 
Thanks for the comments
Getting used to the noise as I edit them, 4000 not that bad, unless I need to get in and really tweak the levels
 
Siilver said:
Thanks for the comments
Getting used to the noise as I edit them, 4000 not that bad, unless I need to get in and really tweak the levels
Click to expand...

What is your NR technique?

I would recommend doing all your NR in PS and using a surface mask through the blur channel. There are plenty of Youtube videos, and you can target each channel individually.

When editing, luminosity masks will also help you isolate your adjustments when challenging any darker areas in curves.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top