High ISO butterfly: Nikon Z7ii - 70-200/F4 ISO 22,800, 1/2000, f8, 200mm I ran this through Topaz Denoise AI, Gigapixel AI and Sharpen AI. Here are before and after images, not sure...

frankNichols Loc: The Villages. FL

Nikon Z7ii - 70-200/F4
ISO 22,800, 1/2000, f8, 200mm

I ran this through Topaz Denoise AI, Gigapixel AI and Sharpen AI.

Here are before and after images, not sure what I think about the result. It is certainly cleaner - but at what cost?

willaim Loc: Sunny Southern California

The first photo shows a little more detail, especially the red on the thorax.
Click on (store original) when you add attachment. This way we will be able to see the difference.

IDguy Loc: Idaho

Lightroom denoise might do as well here.

one_eyed_pete Loc: Colonie NY

frankNichols wrote:

Nikon Z7ii - 70-200/F4
ISO 22,800, 1/2000, f8, 200mm

I ran this through Topaz Denoise AI, Gigapixel AI and Sharpen AI.

Here are before and after images, not sure what I think about the result. It is certainly cleaner - but at what cost?

I like the capture Frank. I assume the first/top is the after image. Since you didn't "store original" I can't examine them closely. I think the denoise is an improvement and I don't see any significant negatives. There is only very slight haloing on the wings. Not sure what slightly intensified the red and blue colors but I like it.

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

Very nice. I see no negatives in your processed photo. I use DeNoise as the first step in all my work flow and Sharpen AI as necessary as the last step.

frankNichols Loc: The Villages. FL

I don't see any way to edit the original and add the source files. So, I tried to add them here, but the after edit is too large (over 50mb). Sorry. Here is the before, converted to a tiff and cropped. so it is only 20mb or so.

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joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

frankNichols wrote:

Nikon Z7ii - 70-200/F4
ISO 22,800, 1/2000, f8, 200mm

I ran this through Topaz Denoise AI, Gigapixel AI and Sharpen AI.

Here are before and after images, not sure what I think about the result. It is certainly cleaner - but at what cost?

Excellent, Frank 🧡🔥🧡🔥🧡

cahale Loc: San Angelo, TX

frankNichols wrote:

Nikon Z7ii - 70-200/F4
ISO 22,800, 1/2000, f8, 200mm

I ran this through Topaz Denoise AI, Gigapixel AI and Sharpen AI.

Here are before and after images, not sure what I think about the result. It is certainly cleaner - but at what cost?

Whatever makes better - makes better. The cost is a little time. However, I'm not sure you need to wade through all those processors to get where you did.

frankNichols Loc: The Villages. FL

cahale wrote:

Whatever makes better - makes better. The cost is a little time. However, I'm not sure you need to wade through all those processors to get where you did.

Probably not, I did it first with LR, and didn't like the results. I am trying to move to Capture One 21, and so, I could ship the image off to either LR or Topaz or other. (The noise reduction and sharpening in CO didn't handle it either).

So, this one just the best attempt so far. Next up I am going to give DxO a try.

cahale Loc: San Angelo, TX

frankNichols wrote:

Probably not, I did it first with LR, and didn't like the results. I am trying to move to Capture One 21, and so, I could ship the image off to either LR or Topaz or other. (The noise reduction and sharpening in CO didn't handle it either).

So, this one just the best attempt so far. Next up I am going to give DxO a try.

DxO works for me, but my favorite is Anthropics, which I never see mentioned here.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

My question is why 1/2000? How about 1/250 or 1/500 which would result in an ISO of 3,200 or 6400? Does it really require 1/2000 to stop the motion of a stationary butterfly? But regardless, very nice shot!

frankNichols Loc: The Villages. FL

Because the butterf.ly was flitting around, I was attempting to get it in flight. It paused briefly on that and I caught that as an opportunistic shot. Not what I was going for.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

frankNichols wrote:

Because the butterf.ly was flitting around, I was attempting to get it in flight. It paused briefly on that and I caught that as an opportunistic shot. Not what I was going for.

Well, excellent catch!

tcthome Loc: NJ

In these photos shown, not to much loss of detail. I think you'll always get some loss but if it looks better than the noise. Did you try using their masking feature?

nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL