12/11/22 NCSU vs USF: Some images from NC State's women's basketball game. Unfortunately arguably their best player went down with an ankle injury. She is a spark plug and really helps...

rcorne001 Loc: Cary, NC

Some images from NC State's women's basketball game. Unfortunately arguably their best player went down with an ankle injury. She is a spark plug and really helps control the pace of the game. One of their other starters is out with an ankle injury, too. Ugh!

Shot with a Z9 and 24-70 f2.8 S lens. 1/1250, f2.8 at ISO 5000. Tried something different this time - using Topaz Photo AI. It seemed to do pretty good, but it is SLOW! I batched these one time and another group of 57 a second time. Just did some chores around the house and watched some TV.

You may see the rest on my website: https://rickcornell.zenfolio.com/p455943605

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tshift Loc: Overland Park, KS.

rcorne001 wrote:

Some images from NC State's women's basketball gam... (show quote)

Nice work Rick. Topaz Photo AI is a little slow but I figure it is worth the wait. Still learning on mine. Went into Zen and looked, awesome job. Post more when you can. I have Zenfolio also. Do you sell much off there site? Thanks BE SAFE!!

Tom

rcorne001 Loc: Cary, NC

tshift wrote:

Nice work Rick. Topaz Photo AI is a little slow but I figure it is worth the wait. Still learning on mine. Went into Zen and looked, awesome job. Post more when you can. I have Zenfolio also. Do you sell much off there site? Thanks BE SAFE!!

Tom

Thank you, Tom. Unless specifically hired, I don't try to sell my work. Instead, I use a barter approach. Get me great access and media credentials, and I will share some of my photos. Guess that makes me a "non profit"! LOL.

Thomas902 Loc: Washington DC

Epic series Rick... The fourth and Fifth are breathtaking...

"...I use a barter approach." Understood, been there also albeit it is hopefully just another step on your journey.
Oft said when your work is your play and your play is your work you've arrived...
Sounds nice until you have to deal with the realities of usage in contracts, etc.

Maybe come over to the Dark Side Rick an join the ASMP... just a thought

Again thank you for sharing your breathtaking artistry
Best wishes for a Joyful Holiday Season with family and friends

rcorne001 Loc: Cary, NC

Thomas902 wrote:

Epic series Rick... The fourth and Fifth are breat... (show quote)

Actually I was in at least the shadows for a while. But all sorts of "what if..." would pop into my head. Then when "stuff" happened, it added stress. For example: I was hired to photograph the soccer team's senior night and appropriate presentations. They wanted about 30 shots by midnight for a 7 pm game. I joked, no problem as long as the game doesn't go OT! So guess what happens! LOL! I still had to go through 700+ photos to find those few and get the rest before noon the next day!

FOR ME - I find once money becomes involved, I add a lot of stress and question if *I* like my own photos well enough to sell. I'm comfortably retired, get great access and enjoy stepping onto a venue and having coaches and players take time to visit with me. Well, not hockey! LOL!

Only drawback to my approach is that I have gotten so used to being among the players and on the sidelines, I don't enjoy being a regular fan!

But thank you for the kind words!

pnittoly Loc: Mountainside, New Jersey

Great shots Rick. Thanks for sharing . Paul

Jules Karney Loc: Las Vegas, Nevada

rcorne001 wrote:

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Shots are very good. I don't use Photo AI but work with Denoise and Sharpening.

rcorne001 Loc: Cary, NC

Jules Karney wrote:

Shots are very good. I don't use Photo AI but work with Denoise and Sharpening.

Thank you. I normally use them as well. I was curious to see what Photo AI would do. A non technical thought is as it combines noise reduction, sharpening and face recognition/reduction all under one hood, it takes much longer. Normally I have my own criteria for when I use Denoise and Sharpen and most likely would have used one of those in MUCH less time. FWIW I would probably have used Sharpen.

Jules Karney Loc: Las Vegas, Nevada

rcorne001 wrote:

Thank you. I normally use them as well. I was curious to see what Photo AI would do. A non technical thought is as it combines noise reduction, sharpening and face recognition/reduction all under one hood, it takes much longer. Normally I have my own criteria for when I use Denoise and Sharpen and most likely would have used one of those in MUCH less time. FWIW I would probably have used Sharpen.

My Topaz products are stand a lones. Can photos be bunched together and use Denoise on all photos. It just wouldn't download on the Photoshop cs6. Any comments, hints, etc.

rcorne001 Loc: Cary, NC

Both my Topaz products are standalone as well and can handle "batch" processing. I import the originals into LRC and do very basic editing there. Mostly light adjustment and cropping. NO sharpening or noise reduction. I then export my "keepers" as JPG. At this point I decide which product to use. Sometimes noise levels need tweaking so they go to Denoise. Sometimes I would like to see them a little bit sharper so off to Sharpen.

I then choose the drag and drop option to put them into the respective product. I try a couple adjustments to see which one I like then select all and save. One note - depending upon where they end up, I may choose to resize them before importing them into the Topaz product.

As I said, that is MY workflow.

Jules Karney Loc: Las Vegas, Nevada

rcorne001 wrote:

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Thanks Rick