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Horoscope Fish

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01 January 2016 / Day 1 of 366
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01 January 2016 - (Can't) Look Out My Window.jpg
(Can't) Look Out My Window
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Horoscope Fish

Senior Member
02 January 2016 / Day 2 of 366
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Blacksmiths at Work, #1.jpg
Blacksmiths at Work, #1
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Blacksmiths at Work, #2.jpg
Blacksmiths at Work, #2
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Blacksmiths at Work, #3.jpg
Blacksmiths at Work, #3
(Tools of the Trade)
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Horoscope Fish

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The quality at high ISO on this camera is just sick!
True story.

In all seriousness, unless I feel it's critical to the shot for some reason I do not EVEN watch my ISO any more. I shoot in Manual, with Auto-ISO enabled, so I can keep an eye on my aperture and my shutter speed... ISO be damned.
 

Blacktop

Senior Member
True story.

In all seriousness, unless I feel it's critical to the shot for some reason I do not EVEN watch my ISO any more. I shoot in Manual, with Auto-ISO enabled, so I can keep an eye on my aperture and my shutter speed... ISO be damned.

I only do that when I need the high speed for BIF. Any other time I still like to be in control of my ISO. It is just nice not to have to worry about going high when I need it.
 

hark

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02 January 2016 / Day 2 of 366
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Blacksmiths at Work, #1
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True story.

In all seriousness, unless I feel it's critical to the shot for some reason I do not EVEN watch my ISO any more. I shoot in Manual, with Auto-ISO enabled, so I can keep an eye on my aperture and my shutter speed... ISO be damned.

This first shot almost looks like HDR yet the EXIF says otherwise. Since it was shot at such a high ISO, what did you use to reduce the noise? Was this Nik Dfine? And what program(s) for post processing? It's simply amazing for such high ISO. And a great shot overall, too!
 

Horoscope Fish

Senior Member
This first shot almost looks like HDR yet the EXIF says otherwise. Since it was shot at such a high ISO, what did you use to reduce the noise? Was this Nik Dfine? And what program(s) for post processing? It's simply amazing for such high ISO. And a great shot overall, too!
Hey Cindy... Thank you for the kind words!

As for processing, those shots didn't need much really; the light was really good to start with and I've never *actually* done any HDR... It's something I keep meaning to try.

More specifically, I started with Adobe Camera RAW, like always, to do any needed straightening and cropping. I then adjust exposure, white balance, and correct for distortion before moving to Photoshop. Once I'm in Photoshop I used NIK Tools "Dfine" to reduce noise which, really, was pretty minimal to start with but Dfine is part of my normal workflow. After that I used a Levels adjustment layer, and manually punched up the color and contrast. One of my favorite tools in NIK for this is the "Tonal Contrast" filter. I didn't use it for those shots, but it occurs to me - as I type this - I probably could have saved myself some time by doing so (sigh)... Anyway, the last step is always sharpening and re-sizing to 1000 pixels on the long edge (for posting here and on Facebook) and saving as JPG. Nothing too fancy.
 

hark

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Hey Cindy... Thank you for the kind words!

As for processing, those shots didn't need much really; the light was really good to start with and I've never *actually* done any HDR... It's something I keep meaning to try.

More specifically, I started with Adobe Camera RAW, like always, to do any needed straightening and cropping. I then adjust exposure, white balance, and correct for distortion before moving to Photoshop. Once I'm in Photoshop I used NIK Tools "Dfine" to reduce noise which, really, was pretty minimal to start with but Dfine is part of my normal workflow. After that I used a Levels adjustment layer, and manually punched up the color and contrast. One of my favorite tools in NIK for this is the "Tonal Contrast" filter. I didn't use it for those shots, but it occurs to me - as I type this - I probably could have saved myself some time by doing so (sigh)... Anyway, the last step is always sharpening and re-sizing to 1000 pixels on the long edge (for posting here and on Facebook) and saving as JPG. Nothing too fancy.
Thanks, Fish! Greatly appreciate knowing the workflow involved with this image. :) I've seen a few photos here that resemble the outcome of HDR but aren't HDR. Love the final result of this photo.
 
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