[Leica] CAUGHT IN... Williamsburg

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

> Thanks for looking at all three George.  The noise is just there at
> 1600 and I suppose one either learns to live with it or don't shoot
> above 400 with these small sensor cameras.  Both the 1600 shots have
> about a 25% luminance noise reduction applied in Lightroom, beyond
> that details go away.
> 
> For some reason, the noise doesn't look anywhere near as bad in a
> print as long as you stay below 8x10.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Dick
> 
> 
I think you could
"run it through again"
The raw filter in Photoshop paying particular attention to the noise
settings. Which I've just figured out a lot better now.

Third from the left with the two triangles.
Noise Reduction
Luminance bar
Color bar

Set your image to pixel to pixel - command option zero - one to one - and
drag the bars to the right until the noise disappears. You'll get a kind of
hand colored effect if you over do it but in many eyes this beats high
noise.

Also be aware of the sharpening bars right above it.
If you have them set too high its not good for the noise effects.
You're image will be like a blackened pizza.

You could also select his chest area and do the dust and scratches thing.
Also two under the dust and scratches filter is the new "reduce noise"
filter which can be applied locally. Depending on local ordnances and
customs.


Coincidently I got off the Bedford subway stop Williamsburg Brooklyn two
weeks and a day ago Feb 20th full moon to shoot a 67 Mustang for the
NYTimes. The restaurant right across from the subway station was owned by
the car owner a quite excellent Italian restaurant IMO. I shot a ton of
shots in there in very low light levels using a 12-24mm f4.  Id shoot
several shots of each thing and pick out the least  blurry one. Most of them
were just a tad faster than a full second. I'd never do that with film.
Don't understand why you'd be able to do that with digital and not film.

Turns out my Dad and his sisters grew up in Williamsburg Brooklyn in the
30's and 40's. Small world.
Its an awfully nice place to live now. I may move there.

Brooklyn rools!

Next year!




Mark William Rabiner
markrabiner.com