Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Leo/Ken/Herbert, Thanks for the suggestions. In answer to the specifics - The low light performance of these cameras is so good that I just leave the Nikon D7000 on Auto ISO 3200 and the D700 on Auto ISO 6400, and adjust the minimum shutter speed depending on the subject. I then use the camera on Aperture Priority and let the ISO fall where it may. These photographs were taken pretty late in the evening, when the light was not great - I had dialled in a minimum shutter speed of 1/400, and an aperture of f8 for some depth of field, so by the end the ISO hit 3200 at 1/200, i.e. a loss of a further stop - the light was not good enough for a shutter speed of 1/400 at f8 at ISO3200. The reason I was uncertain about doing all adjustments in LR 3.5 is that I use a lot of localised adjustments in Photoshop using layers, but was unable to do the same in Lightroom. The end result was that using only global adjustments was a bit unnerving. For example, the method I use to remove colour casts in Photoshop, using a black, white and gray points on a curves layer is just not possible in Lightroom - I could read the precise gray point of 128 using an eyedropper in Photoshop. I will go back to doing adjustments in Photoshop once my main computer is up and running, and redo and repost these images. Again, I dodge, burn and sharpen precise small areas using masks, which again is not possible. Getting the Nik add ons, which I use as well, up and running for Lightroom may be a solution, though. Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 6:41 AM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote: > Wonderful shots. Thanks for sharing. > > Was it LR3? Did you have to apply noise reduction? > > I understand that Nikon's sensors have pretty amazing signal to noise ratio > at high ISO. My M9 seems clean at 1500 but gets damn noisy at 2000 and > above, though it doesn't go much above. > > Why were you kind of unhappy at doing all post processing on LR? I take it > that you ordinarily do some on Photoshop. What, specifically, and to what > extent was PS better, or was it just that you were used to using PS for > those adjustments? > > Hope I'm not being a pest. > > Herb > > >> My main computer is still not up and running, Intel having replaced my >> motherboard under warranty with a dud one, so it has gone back again. >> Have these guys never heard of customer service? Well, I downloaded >> Lightroom again onto a spare desktop we have lying around, and I >> started sifting through my Kenya photographs. The high point of the >> trip for me was seeing an elephant herd late one evening where the >> juveniles were playing with each other with gay abandon, so my first >> set of photographs is from that session. For the first time ever I >> have done all post processing in Lightroom, and these are all high ISO >> shots (Nos. 2 to 5 are at ISO 3200 on the Nikon D7000), so any tips to >> improve and do better will be welcome: >> >> Firstly, three shots of juvenile elephants at play: >> >> Fun and Frlic 1: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2011/20110917_1314Maraa.JPG.html >> >> Fun and Frolic 2: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2011/20110917_1336Maraa.JPG.html >> >> Fun and Frolic 3: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2011/20110917_1340Maraa.JPG.html >> >> Seeing these youngsters prancing around evidently had a salutary >> effect on a bull, who embarked on some play of his own: >> >> Seduction 1: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2011/20110917_1396Maraa.JPG.html >> >> Seduction 2: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2011/20110917_1400Maraa.JPG.html >> >> Seduction 3: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2011/20110917_1423Maraa.JPG.html >> >> Comments and Criticism, as always, welcome! >> >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- > Herbert Kanner > kanner at acm.org > 650-326-8204 > > Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, > for they are subtle and will pee > on your computer! > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >