Use of new Lightroom Masking & Topaz: It was my 2nd shot of the day with my R5 (100-500) looking for Great Grey Owls. Bird came from nowhere; I was not set up but took the shot. It was...

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Use of new Lightroom Masking & Topaz

Mar 25, 2024 15:49:59 #

AHK Loc: Lakewood Ranch, Fl.

It was my 2nd shot of the day with my R5 (100-500) looking for Great Grey Owls. Bird came from nowhere; I was not set up but took the shot. It was horrible.. Red blinking all over the place and the owl was hardly recognizable.

Sitting in front of the computer using LR Classic I was ready to press delete, with a 2nd thought I decided to try the new LR masking...its AI feature was quick with little effort on my part. I finished in Topaz.

Yep better to shoot correctly the 1st time, but attached is the trash revisited.

Mar 25, 2024 16:20:20 #

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

Well done and nice work. The software we have now is a joy to use!

Which Topaz program did you use?

Mar 25, 2024 16:23:45 #

AHK Loc: Lakewood Ranch, Fl.

I used their current version for Noise/Sharpening. Yep, I needed to pay full price, even though I owned the previous version😒....no upgrade...just pay up.

Mar 25, 2024 17:07:46 #

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

Beautiful recovery

Mar 25, 2024 17:33:47 #

AHK Loc: Lakewood Ranch, Fl.

Thank you

Mar 25, 2024 17:41:31 #

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

AHK wrote:

Thank you

If you use the Quote Reply button we will know who you are responding to

Mar 25, 2024 17:46:34 #

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Beautiful result.

Mar 25, 2024 20:22:18 #

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

AHK wrote:

I used their current version for Noise/Sharpening. Yep, I needed to pay full price, even though I owned the previous version😒....no upgrade...just pay up.

I've got the Topaz Photo AI that has both noise reduction and sharpening. It is a few months from being the current version but, I like it a lot for many images. I may have to "pay up" but will procrastinate until it is obvious that there is a significantly large improvement.

Topaz pricing, marketing and product development always confuses me.

Mar 25, 2024 21:13:48 #

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

I don't cull much anymore before having a 2nd look. Nice job.

Mar 26, 2024 14:10:31 #

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

I do very little post processing (I use Picasa exclusively) but, I have to say, with these results, I might be convinced to rethink things! I would be interested in seeing the original for comparison!

Mar 26, 2024 14:15:18 #

AHK Loc: Lakewood Ranch, Fl.

Retired CPO wrote:

It's still on my travel Computer, but it was totally blown out. I just fussed with it to test the new LR. FYI, I never used masking under the previous version as it was too difficult for my old hands.

Mar 26, 2024 14:48:26 #