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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 97970" data-attributes="member: 9240"><p>Definitely some noise from the higher ISO settings, but given shutter speed and aperture I don't know that you necessarily had it too high.  Any less and you may have had issues with subject movement.  You can do a fair bit of noise cleanup in Lightroom.  With martial arts it's nice to see a little bit of movement from the body parts that are flying around mixed with solid facial expressions.  I like the middle photo for that.  If you spend some time editing that one I think you'll be able to darken the gis a bit while also reducing ISO noise.  Play around with the noise reduction sliders and you should be able to find a sweet spot where the graininess fades but you preserve the natural look of your subjects (too much luminance and it starts to look painted).</p></blockquote><p></p>