Why noise doesn’t really matter
Does noise really matter all that much in portraits? I think people are too hung up on having their images 100% noiseless, whereas the crisper
Does noise really matter all that much in portraits? I think people are too hung up on having their images 100% noiseless, whereas the crisper
Grain is a word used in film photography to describe the fineness of detail a film or paper is capable of capturing. Landscape photographers typically
Often I hear from photographers questions about the noise level in a camera at higher ISO settings. They express a feeling that there is too
I recently wrote a post about how I felt people were getting to hung up on noise (or grain) in their images. Personally I like
One question I’m asked a lot is “Where does all the noise come from when my camera is set to ISO 100?” The answer is
HDR (High Dynamic Range) processing of your photos by its nature can result in a lot of noise or graininess in your final image. While Macphun’s new Aurora HDR 2018 for PC’s does a great job overall reducing noise, there are still times when noisy areas appear in your processed HDR. This can be caused by many reasons, but most commonly it’s due to your settings in camera (such as shooting at too high of an ISO) or any image processing you have done to your images before merging them in Aurora (such as exposure adjustments). Regardless of the cause, you can remove most of this noise by using a “Luminosity Layer”. This technique saves a lot of time, giving you consistently good-looking results, quickly. Â
Photographs are wonderful things, and one of their amazing characteristics is the detail we can see in a picture. I’m pretty observant of details in