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jelpee wrote:I think you're image looks pretty good (IMO). Some sharpening and some noise reduction should result in a decent final product. The exposure looks OK to me given that there is hardly any ambient light.
airkas1 wrote:The exposure looks alright to me as well. I would probably also reduce some highlights (for the brighter lights) and chromatic abberation (purple fringes at said lights). Also a kickof clarity to make the aircraft stand out more and make it a little brighter. Night photos like these can usually take much more clarity, as the halos that come with it are less noticeable in the dark.
lightningzap wrote:airkas1 wrote:The exposure looks alright to me as well. I would probably also reduce some highlights (for the brighter lights) and chromatic abberation (purple fringes at said lights). Also a kickof clarity to make the aircraft stand out more and make it a little brighter. Night photos like these can usually take much more clarity, as the halos that come with it are less noticeable in the dark.
clarity can not be added without completely ruining the edges and highlights
ThePointblank wrote:lightningzap wrote:airkas1 wrote:The exposure looks alright to me as well. I would probably also reduce some highlights (for the brighter lights) and chromatic abberation (purple fringes at said lights). Also a kickof clarity to make the aircraft stand out more and make it a little brighter. Night photos like these can usually take much more clarity, as the halos that come with it are less noticeable in the dark.
clarity can not be added without completely ruining the edges and highlights
Are you doing it in Lightroom or Photoshop? I've found that when editing, I occasionally send stuff from Lightroom to Photoshop to use the more advanced tools in Photoshop to do more fine tuned work.
lightningzap wrote:Lightroom but the main reason and the reason for this post is because with a lower quality sensor, iso 1600 and above seems to create unrecoverable edges.
vikkyvik wrote:lightningzap wrote:Lightroom but the main reason and the reason for this post is because with a lower quality sensor, iso 1600 and above seems to create unrecoverable edges.
Sounds like you might be shooting JPEG with in-camera noise reduction turned on (I think it's called High ISO Noise Reduction). As others have noted, I'd strongly suggest shooting RAW, and applying noise reduction in post-processing.
lightningzap wrote:I'm shooting raw and with in camera noise reduction turned off. Applying noise reduction in post processing destroys edges, there's a limit to what you can do with a cheaper camera like this one.