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SkvLTD

SkvLTD

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[MENTION=31330]J-see[/MENTION] , had you a D3000 I would understand trying quirky gimmicks to compensate for poor native performance, but on 750..... You can easily boost to 5-6400 ISO and retain just about every detail after noise reduction. In the real world, boosting shadows that much when quite a bit of detail was lost initially is like a car with square wheels. While ISO is an artificial sensitivity boost, it's there for a reason and on higher end bodies all its algorithms are ironed out quite well.

So, wanna trade for my 5100 since you've got an amazing new way to always shoot at ISO100 and get exactly what you need?
 
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J-see

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SkvLTD said:
@J-see , had you a D3000 I would understand trying quirky gimmicks to compensate for poor native performance, but on 750..... You can easily boost to 5-6400 ISO and retain just about every detail after noise reduction. In the real world, boosting shadows that much when quite a bit of detail was lost initially is like a car with square wheels. While ISO is an artificial sensitivity boost, it's there for a reason and on higher end bodies all its algorithms are ironed out quite well.

So, wanna trade for my 5100 since you've got an amazing new way to always shoot at ISO100 and get exactly what you need?
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My algorithms can't save my quality.

http://nikonites.com/general-photography/28332-balancing-exposure-processing.html
 
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J-see

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SkvLTD said:
When you properly expose in the first place. When you starve the sensor, you starve the sensor.
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I posted the link where we are talking about this. Read it and you'll understand I am not starving the sensor at all. This is not the place to debate this.
 
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J-see said:
I posted the link where we are talking about this. Read it and you'll understand I am not starving the sensor at all. This is not the place to debate this.
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You are absolutely correct so quit hijacking this thread.
 
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J-see said:
At least I'm not acting like a twelve year old because something happened to someone else. Now shoo...
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I'm not acting like a twelve year old, but if you are going to call ME out, be prepared to go for a ride, Mr. Know It All Who Monopolizes Conversations (now THAT's an example of a 12-year old's comment ;)) . When you post these photos that contain such a high increase in exposure and/or shadows which is obviously a controversial subject (based on the high number of comments against your method) and tell people this isn't the place to discuss it (because you don't seem capable of tolerating opposing views), then who is acting like a child?

This quote here is your 35th post in this thread alone. Talk about telling someone to shoo....:surprise:
 
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rangioran

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Right, in a desperate attempt to pull this rather excellent thread back onto it's original topic, I offer this.....


Butterfly before.jpg

Poor dead butterfly I found in our piano room - Nikon D7100, Tamron 60mm f/2.0 macro, two SB-700 either side with on camera flash -2ev

Butterfly after.jpgWrong image posted

Lightroom CC post process with blemish removal in Photoshop CC.

I'm new at this so please be gentle :)
 

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J-see

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SOOC: I shot this one 1 stop of ISO too much but it doesn't make that much difference here. I evidently could have shot this at a much lower speed but then I couldn't test ISO.

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PP:

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I use RGB curving to adjust my tonal range and colors. I try to put as much "life" into these shots as possible. I like my nature shots to be rich in colors.
Curving and some other adjustments makes quite the difference:

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Finished version:

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It maybe could use less exposure.

100% crop:

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Certainly not my sharpest shot.
 
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J-see

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sonicbuffalo said:
J-See....the duck looks overcooked....sorry but oversaturated or something.
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It was a bit overexposed indeed. I corrected it. Sharpening was 60 which isn't phenomenal but I tried lowering it but it seems to make little difference besides detail disappearing.

I didn't pay that much attention to the duck; these shots are all about the water for me. The duck is there to make ripples. I just love the colors in the water.

This is a corrected version.

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I upped the saturation to check if it was oversaturated even when I close to never use it but the shot seems ok color-wise. That's what the duck looks when the sun hits it.

Here's oversaturated:

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Still, lowering exposure by 1/3th and using a gradient to lower the background that got hit too much by the sun makes it better. I'm still struggling with the color corrections so I'll get it wrong from time to time. I need to find a formula somehow.
 
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Eyelight

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This is a little different before and after I used in one of the Weekly Challenges as an example of making your own Fall Colors.

Before:
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After with a little Elements Color Replacer work:
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Eyelight

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rangioran said:
Works really well Eyelight - love the reflections. Not knowing Elements (I'm using Lightroom/Photoshop CC) what procedure did you use?
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Elements has a tool called Replace Color in the Adjust Color section. The Hue, Saturation and Lightness can be adjusted for any color you select using the dropper.

I just used it to select a green color and monkey with it until it looked somewhat fallish. Picked a second color and so forth.
 
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Carroll

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Shot out in front of the house in our Crab Apple tree. We don't have flamingo's and other fancy birds. Lots of Sparrows, so you work with what you have. LOL Lots and lots of Sparrows hatched in this nest in the hole...this is probably one of them coming back home.

Basically, I had an idea of what I wanted, and used PS CC, and Nik tools to process and edit what I was thinking about. In PS, you can use the lasso tool, and then choose "inverse" to alter everything you didn't choose with the lasso tool. Pretty much what I did.

GOING HOME
BEFORE

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AFTER

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