Photographers? Official

[Netwurked]

You boys got some talent and I appreciate coming here and looking at it. Keep it up, whores.

[Netwurked]

A few from earlier this summer. Giving the G9 a workout with the low light shots.

I dunno photo but the color in that shit is amazing.

[Netwurked]

Been sitting on this one. Wasn't sure what to do with it, but I think I like this post processing.

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I like the premise of the shot but it bugs me.... too confusing.

[ElCapichan]

From the I love Bugs thread.

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[MarkRyan]

Very crisp, love it.

[MarkRyan]

So I know you guys have discussed filtering for noise already, but as far as I can tell all of the options cost $, and as far as I can tell I'm a cheapskate. Are the filters worth the cost? Any idea what the difference between "pro" and normal versions of plugins like Noise Ninja are? Worth it?

Here's a picture I took that I like but it's really noisy. And I'm still shooting jpegs instead of raw files 'cause I'm a clown with no hard drive space.

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[ElCapichan]

It's tough to tell exactly what kind of damage we are looking at due to the size of the photo. I'd need the full size to judge it. First, pony up the money and get an external hard drive and start shooting RAW. It's worth it. If you have PS CS3 or greater you have the ability to edit RAW and it truly makes a difference. You will also have the ability to work with layer masks. Probably the best thing that PS has to offer right now and I love it. I have to go to work soon, but when I get back, I will post some pics to better explain the process.

If you use RAW, you want to make 2 versions of the photo. 1 with everything how you want it, and then a second exactly the same but jack up that noise removal. Open up both photos in PS and then move the sharper image over the top of the noise removal image. With the sharp image selected, go to layer>layer mask>reveal all. Now you can use a black brush to delete and a white brush to bring back for 100% non-destructive editing, Using this process, you can erase the background where there is usually more notable noise than you subject.This does require you to be be careful around your subject and can be difficult, time consuming, and a pain in the ass, but it can make a huge difference. When done with this, if there is still a lot of noise, select the layer with noise and do either or both of 2 things. 1 is to use the noise removal filter and the other is the gaussian blur filter. I usually use both, but sometimes using the noise removal filter creates a new problem. The gaussian blur will of course blur the background a bit more, so if you have to have that background sharp, the method won't work, but if you don't mind decreasing the DOF, it works great.

I really don't know anything about noise removal plug-ins. For me, I can get rid of the noise in PS to a level I can live with. One thing to be careful about it is desaturation When removing noise, there is luminance and color noise reduction. I only use the luminance because I don't see a change for the better when using the color noise reduction slider except for it desaturating the photo. I am sure there are good noise removal plug-ins out there, I just don't know if they are worth the money and do a better job than what you can do is PS if you know what to do.

[ElCapichan]

Saw this mushroom and thought the light and surroundings might be cool. The light was a little harsh though.

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[ElCapichan]

[JefmcC]

Few from Reverend Horton Heat back in May. Shot RAW with Canon G9, processed with Adobe Lightroom3. There's no fixing the over exposed hot spot in the last one, just no data there to work with. I think it's the smile that sells that shot anyway.