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Unusable images with Canon R5 and 100-500mm RF lens

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Re: Unusable images with Canon R5 and 100-500mm RF lens

Joe Reynolds wrote:

R2, you forgot to ask for his mother’s maiden name and social security number.

HaHa, I would have asked that if I thought it would help! 😁

Instead, there’s a complete dearth of any relevant information about the shoot that’s been provided for us. Not even whether it’s a SOOC jpeg, or if it’s a carefully processed 45 MP 14-bit RAW file that’s gone through DxO’s Photolab Deep Prime Noise Reduction (best case scenario, IMHO).

I mean the obvious answer is that the rain has matted the bears’ fine facial hairs so that there is almost zero texture to start with (along with any number of other detail-reducing factors, many of which I listed), and the high ISO image was then subjected to an (over-zealous and/or under-performing) noise reduction method, causing the characteristic “oil painting” look that’s destroyed any remaining detail left in the poor bears’ miens.

The problem may in fact have deeper roots than that (much of which might involve technique that could be improved), instead of camera or lens issues. We can’t rule one or the other out yet though. I’d be willing to walk the OP through any of it, but he must be the one to kick things off by providing the necessary details.  That’s the process.  

R2

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