Gold drop
Feb 25, 2012 21:53:24 #
Why is this photo fuzzy and looks clumpy ? Can this be fixed in photoshop ? Looks clear in camera. This is about 1/2 of the frame.
Feb 25, 2012 22:08:47 #
Feb 25, 2012 22:17:57 #
Pentax K10d - Pentax 100mm macro lens, f-16, camera tripod mounted, shutter at 125 sec, vivatar 285 flash from right side @ 1/2 power at 18inchs, iso @400. ?????
Feb 25, 2012 23:14:31 #
I don't think the flash fired from the looks of it. Did you do a lot of shots that turned out this way.
Erv
Erv
Feb 25, 2012 23:20:02 #
yes, flash was on a slave and did fire with an orange filter on it. I also used a red flash filter and flash fired each time.
Shot in a darken room
Shot in a darken room
Feb 25, 2012 23:30:53 #
docrob
Loc: Durango, Colorado
14kphotog wrote:
yes, flash was on a slave and did fire with an orange filter on it. I also used a red flash filter and flash fired each time.
Shot in a darken room
Shot in a darken room
well there you have it - noise
Feb 25, 2012 23:31:26 #
It looks like the motion of the drop got stopped. But when I look at the drop, it looks like the light on it is kind of centered. And not to the right. Did you try turning down the ISO and shutter any? The flash should stop the motion. And maybe a few without the colored filters. Maybe even light the room? Looks like you got noise from a high ISO, but 400 isn't that high.
Erv
Erv
Feb 25, 2012 23:32:12 #
docrob wrote:
well there you have it - noise
14kphotog wrote:
yes, flash was on a slave and did fire with an orange filter on it. I also used a red flash filter and flash fired each time.
Shot in a darken room
Shot in a darken room
well there you have it - noise
??
Erv
Feb 25, 2012 23:45:59 #
docrob
Loc: Durango, Colorado
Erv wrote:
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Erv
docrob wrote:
well there you have it - noise
14kphotog wrote:
yes, flash was on a slave and did fire with an orange filter on it. I also used a red flash filter and flash fired each time.
Shot in a darken room
Shot in a darken room
well there you have it - noise
??
Erv
i think he said he shot in the dark???
night Erv
Feb 25, 2012 23:50:27 #
Feb 25, 2012 23:51:09 #
14kphotog wrote:
To know the exact setting (ISO especially) look at the EXIF data.Why is this photo fuzzy and looks clumpy ? Can this be fixed in photoshop ? Looks clear in camera. This is about 1/2 of the frame.
This is a hard shot to take, the water rebound drop.
I would suggest that you lose the filter and add the color cast afterward, in PP. That would allow you to:
1) drop the ISO
2) control the light better (not that it is bad, at all)
3) adjust the toning.
Also use RAW for this, it will allow you to:
1) greater PP possibilities afterward (Yes, you can shoot for PP)
2) absolutely unbelievable control of color and dynamic range
Use both of these and you have the best of everything.
Colored reflectors would also work for the drop coloring.
Feb 25, 2012 23:54:00 #
Thanks people, I guess I will keep working at it and try different settings. Dang drops are fast, shoot 50 pixs to catch 1 or 2 just at the right height. Lots of luck also.
Feb 26, 2012 06:00:33 #
Feb 26, 2012 09:37:10 #
I used photoshop cs5/ topaz filters/ denoise/ then to star effects.
Kinda a quick play.
Kinda a quick play.
Feb 26, 2012 10:21:42 #
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