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A previous thread on Noise Reduction brought up the question of different aftermarket noise clean up tools: Nik Tools Dfine and Topaz Denoise. Having both I decided to give it a try head-to-head and see the results.
First set straight out of the camera - D7100, Tamron 90mm with no UV filter in front of the glass. Camera was tripod mounted and the seedling shot is one of those twirly birds off of a maple tree held by a pincher clamp.
Because some things get lost from raw to jpeg to a smaller jpeg uploaded I will narrate some of my observations.
Top and middle image the ISO noise softened the fine detail versus the last image being properly exposed. Shadows were equally default lightened to bring out the noise.
A previous thread on Noise Reduction brought up the question of different aftermarket noise clean up tools: Nik Tools Dfine and Topaz Denoise. Having both I decided to give it a try head-to-head and see the results.
First set straight out of the camera - D7100, Tamron 90mm with no UV filter in front of the glass. Camera was tripod mounted and the seedling shot is one of those twirly birds off of a maple tree held by a pincher clamp.
Because some things get lost from raw to jpeg to a smaller jpeg uploaded I will narrate some of my observations.
Top and middle image the ISO noise softened the fine detail versus the last image being properly exposed. Shadows were equally default lightened to bring out the noise.
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