ISO 12800 becomes useful demoed on a fruit bat
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ISO 12800 becomes useful demoed on a fruit bat
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Sometimes we are faced with situations where the only option is to crank up the ISO. That was the case when I was photographing this fruit bat in an exabit where no flash or artificial light was permitted and for good reason. The photo was taken with my X-T3 and the Fuji 100-400. I brightened the entire image a touch and brought the shadows up even more. My original version from July of 2019 is processed as described in ACR and then converted to a JPEG in Photoshop. Back then anything I tried with regard to noise reduction produced mush.
Both of these files are full size. If you have a slow link expect to wait if you open original which will be the best way to view the images.

This second version was processed using Topaz Labs Denoise AI as the RAW converter to produce a DNG file. Next I opened the DNG in ACR and brightened as above through I had to use slightly different settings as the camera defaults are not the same in the two raw processors. Once in Photoshop, I launched Sharpen AI as a plugin. Last I added a touch of USM on the entire image and saved. The USM sharpening introduced a touch of artifacts yet added enough detail that I accept the tradeoff.

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