Photo Contest 9: Entry - Topic

Xandriia

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#31

Jul 18 2012 03:38pm

Quote (Chantal7 @ Jul 18 2012 10:51am)

Cool, thanks! Yours is a tiny bit sharper than my try, good job

Haha, yeah, when I posed it I didn't even look at it right away. Then I looked at the thread again, saw your comment, looked at my picture and said to myself "geez, that does look bad" lol

I dunno how lightroom works, but when I do any kind of noise reduction I duplicate the layer and erase where necessary. Makes it a lot easier :P.

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Jul 18 2012 05:14pm

Quote (Xandriia @ Jul 18 2012 03:38pm)

I dunno how lightroom works, but when I do any kind of noise reduction I duplicate the layer and erase where necessary. Makes it a lot easier :P.

Ah, that's a good idea! I don't know how to do that with photoshop, though, make it noise reduced. I got the sharp thing, not the noise reduction.

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Jul 19 2012 01:40pm

I know it's kind of a weird extra step kinda way of doing it but I've found the the noise reduction engine made by Magic Bullet looks the best imo. It's weird because Magic Bullet Denoise is a After Affects plugin, so I have to edit my stills in a AE then export as a jpeg. If I'm feeling lazy I use the Nik Software Photoshop plugin, Dfine 2.0. Sometime I feel like the built-in denoiser in Lightroom and Photoshop either over softens or actually adds more noise rather than reducing it.

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#34

Jul 20 2012 09:39am

Quote (Chantal7 @ Jul 18 2012 05:14pm)

Ah, that's a good idea! I don't know how to do that with photoshop, though, make it noise reduced. I got the sharp thing, not the noise reduction.

Its just under filters, filter > noise > reduce noise, and just adjust the settings until you see what you want in the preview. Topaz also works nicely for things like this, you just have to be careful with it.

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#35

Jul 20 2012 12:31pm

Quote (Xandriia @ Jul 20 2012 09:39am)

Ooo! Okay, thanks! I didn't know it was THAT easy :lol:

I haven't been using photoshop a lot lately.

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#36

Jul 21 2012 02:04pm

just taken

Xandriia

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Jul 21 2012 02:15pm

Quote (Chantal7 @ Jul 20 2012 12:31pm)

Ooo! Okay, thanks! I didn't know it was THAT easy :lol: I haven't been using photoshop a lot lately.

Np :D. Ps is all I use, I tried lr but I didnt really like it.

Didnt really have time this month to think about a picture, took this one spur of the moment.

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#38

Jul 21 2012 07:23pm

Quote (erelav @ Jul 21 2012 02:04pm)

just taken

http://i45.tinypic.com/oppg6x.jpg

Oh my goodness! What a TINY snail! It's adorable ! :wub:

Quote (Xandriia @ Jul 21 2012 02:15pm)

Np :D. Ps is all I use, I tried lr but I didnt really like it.

Didnt really have time this month to think about a picture, took this one spur of the moment.

http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg496/Xandriia/IMG_2079.jpg

Cool! I think it's pretty good for spur of the moment!

This post was edited by Chantal7 on Jul 21 2012 07:24pm

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#39

Jul 21 2012 11:34pm

Quote (Xandriia @ Jul 21 2012 09:15pm)

really nice! but i don't understand why you keep the bottom of the picture

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#40

Jul 22 2012 08:28am

I don't have a good camera but meh...

http://i.imgur.com/YLaQn.jpg

This post was edited by feverxiu on Jul 22 2012 08:30am

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