I guess that's why most of the low light photography I see is shot with B&W (or B&W in mind); makes sense, you can use blown highlights and darks, and the grainiy look actually looks good in B&W. I'll give it try next time.
thnks On 4/11/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not a disparagement of your effort, Fernando, but I'm not a fan of > the Neat Image 'noise smoothed' look. It makes everything look > somewhat plasticky and artificial to me. > > How to improve on the look ... well, I'm not sure. It depends upon > what you're after. I tend to work such low-light situations with B&W > rendering in mind. > > Godfrey > > > On Apr 10, 2006, at 10:01 PM, Fernando Terrazzino wrote: > > > ... > > 1) I used an FA35/2 wide open, which turn to be acceptable sharp in > > the centre (I mean, given the fact I used it wide open) > > 2) Manual mode, spot "metered" the subject, adjusted ISO, autofocus, > > switch to manual focus and then burst-shot sets of 3 frames in a row > > hoping to use the one in the middle (I don't trust my eyes, the > > autofocus didn't hunt that much, I switched to manual focus so the > > camera wouldn't try to autofocus between shots) > > 3) I shot raw to have more "latitude" in the postprocessing and set > > white balance to "tungsten" just to have a reference when processing > > the raw files > > 4) End-up using mostly ISO 1600 > > 5) Processed in Capture One usually "pushing" with the exposure > > compensation dial between +0.65 to +1.15 > > 6) Adjusted contrast, brightness > > 7) Saved as TIFF 16 bits > > 8) Used Neat Image (default parametes) to clean up the noise and > > save as .jpg > > 9) Added some sharpening in PSP > > > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4322083 > > large size: > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4322083&size=lg > > > > Don't mind the composition as I was focused in the technicalities, > > hopefully next time I'll be more relaxed ;-) > > > > The rest of the shots (extra sharpened for the web) are here: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/sets/72057594091422991/ > > > >
