Quote (lithfkn @ Aug 22 2010 10:20pm)
Best way to reduce noise?
Use ISO 100-400 on your camera and expose correctly! haha
Nah, if you're forced to use 800-1600, make sure your exposure is dead on and it won't be that noisy. I've shot tonnes of stuff at 3200 and it ain't that bad.
When is the noise at it's worse for you? Out of the camera or after editing?
Usually it's out of the camera. After editing looks even worse, but I barely edit my photos anyway. I shot at iso400 and got lots of noise, my camera just doesn't do very well with noise (It was a night photo though). I don't even touch iso 800-1600 (1600 is the highest my cam goes).
I know my solution is easiest to just use a low iso, but I would also like to know what I can do in the editing process to eliminate some noise.
Quote (AlPi @ Aug 23 2010 02:22am)
Keeping a low ISO is the best thing to do.
I usually shoot at 100, even at night. If you can use a tripod.
Yeah, I usually do that too; but this time I didn't... and would like to know how to reduce it a little bit by editing.
Quote (Sawyer @ Aug 23 2010 03:33am)
yeah keeping a low iso is probably the best advice one can give you.
but if you already have a picture you need to reduce noise on, i guess the easiest and most efficient way would be to use a tiny little bit of topaz. topaz is a plugin for photoshop.
Ok, I will check topaz out!
Quote (MotherOfTwo @ Aug 23 2010 05:43am)
I have a tripod but I hate using it as it is so HUGE!
It's as old as I am and was untended for both 35 mm camera or video camera.
I took it with me when I went camping, but left it in the car...
The only times I really use it is at home when I chase lightning....
Yes, I go under the tree with a metal tripod.... just to protect myself from the rain
When I get noisy background, I don't use the thing in GIMP to take more noise away as it blurs the picture.
I rather use the 'water drop' to blur the back ground manually around my main subject who is usually in focus and with less noise.
Here is an exemple:
The blue of the sky had so much noise in it it was scary!
But with the blur function I used it on the sky and around the silhouette.
I went kinda fast so I'm sure with more patience the job could be more precise
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4095/4911364851_804b501755_b_d.jpg
Taken on August 18, 2010 at 7.59pm EDT (sun was already down)
Camera Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi
Exposure 0.005 sec (1/200) (I was standing on a wood thing that was not stable at all and I was moving trying to keep my balance)
Aperture f/9.0 (wanted as much in focus as possible)
Focal Length 50 mm
ISO Speed 800
Exposure Bias -2/3 EV (my focus point was on the tree but I didn't want the light to be metered to see more than the silhouettes)
I wonder what the photo looked like before? It's hard to tell !
The blur sounds like a good idea, but getting around little detailed objects is hard, and if the object has noise on it I don't want it blurry
This post was edited by Chantal7 on Aug 23 2010 08:47am