day 184 of 365

[annie]

[Phil]

You've done really well with the high key treatment with loads of detail retained but (why does there always have to be a but) the grain doesn't sit easy with me for some reason.

[Heather]

agree with Phil on this one Annie

love the overall idea and i think its very nearly there, just not sure on the grain

[annie]

i was really struggling with this. it was in my sons house and he has white walls and the sun was poring in through what is a huge picture window...i tried every setting on the damned camera..but i could not get it....i would appreciate some advice for these situations if anyone can offer any. i switched from raw to jpeg and back and all the pics came out the same...!

[geodar]

i like this, looks natural, shame she is not looking at the camera.

viewed from a distance (as if on a wall) you don't notice anything.

i always think that when we look at an image on the screen, because we are up close to it we may notice to much, but viewed from several feet away (as you would view a mounted print) our eyes don't pick it up, un less it is an obvious blur or something.

normaly with grain/noise (to my understanding) it could be to using a high ISO setting, try switching it to 100 or less, you may be able to get away by attatching some sort of filter ND or poleriser, cuts out some of the light but may darken the background.

in the canon software there are a couple of filters that help to cut out noise but they do may the image softer (crap advice if using a nikon but there my be something in their software).

if you normaly shoot in raw i would stick to it, more info and better quality, it will be changed to jpeg when any conversions are done anyway.

i have ran it through the canon software filters and added a touch of sharpening by 75%, i haven't downloaded it as you state no to altering any images, but if you want to see the difference let me know and i'll post it tonight.

geoff

ps oh and by the way, when reducing to view on the net there is always some loss to an image.

[annie]

thanks for all that geoff. this was taken on the hs20...i did wonder if i had had the canon with me things may have been better.

please upload your edited version for me....

[Phil]

Having the Canon would have given a lot more control, but we can only work with what we have with us at the time.

[geodar]

my little conversion, let me know what you think.

geoff

[geodar]

when i done this there was a visible change, but i'm struggeling to see where on the web conversion.

the eyes were sharper and brighter but i can't see it now, and most of the grain disappeared.

geoff

[annie]

thank you geoff. i think on yours her face appears brighter........which is nicer. yes i like what you have done, xxx