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New 35-100mm f2.8 and ND filters

Started Feb 27, 2019 | Discussions thread
OP maggiemole Senior Member • Posts: 1,988
Re: New 35-100mm f2.8 and ND filters

Tom Axford wrote:

maggiemole wrote:

No filter

This shot has much more noise than I would expect for a correctly exposed shot at ISO 200. Is is sooc or have you processed it yourself? If so, how?

Not sooc, Tom. Processed from RAW by using Auto in Camera Raw which changed settings to Exposure +0.88: Contrast -22: Highlights -72: Shadows +73: Whites +26: Blacks -8: Vibrance +12: Saturation +3. Here's the original RAW before these changes:

RAW file crop

Looking at what I've just typed out, that's possibly a lot more processing than I'd thought Auto would apply. I'll try to check what just Exposure changes would do. Then I topped off using the High Pass filter in Photoshop, set to 1.8 if memory serves.

Maggie

PS This is just using Exposure +.90:

Exp +.90 only

I think there is less noise, but the background stays dark ... too dark? No sharpening. Thanks for your help!

Maggie

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