Trekker

[rick barclay]

Caught this candid shot on a recent trip to Newark Airport. I'd like your
opinions, please. Thanks.

http://flashdaddee.com/trekker.jpg

[Leighow]

Nice image.

A bit bright and a bit yellow -- easy to fix.

The backgound is familiar but busy.

[sGu]

what's the iso? seems quite noisy to me, you can tell from his shirt pretty easily. also i'd do a slight crop, just so to get rid of the black spot at the bottom left corner

[rick barclay]

ISO 800, sGu, with a lot of exposure adjustment on the raw file, which is
a bit dark. Picture would not have needed such a high ISO with a flash, but
how does one take a candid photo then? I don't think a lay person would
notice the noise here. I expect once I get my Wacom tablet, I'll be better
able to selectively edit these pictures. Using a mouse in Photoshop is like typing with mittens on, a bit frustrating.

[who10]

ISO 800, sGu, with a lot of exposure adjustment on the raw file,

...once I get my Wacom tablet, I'll be better
able to selectively edit these pictures. Using a mouse in Photoshop is like typing with mittens on, a bit frustrating.

First, what I like is this is a true candid - you're right, no flash a must for the shot to work. I would suggest "less is best" when it comes to correcting a raw file shot at high ISO. The following link is ISO 800 f2.8 dimmly lit room ceiling incadencents. Three adjustments in Adobe Raw: 5700K => 2900K temp, +1.10 exposure, and then final tweak to contrast in PSCS (after conversion). Threw that into Neat Image to clean up the noise... viola.

http://www.haskellct.com/photos/ExampleWtext.jpg

Try the first three steps on your raw file, see if less process is more pic

Love your comment about the mouse mittens, boy isn't that the truth :lol:

[rick barclay]

Say, thanks for the tip, Who10. I'll certainly give it a try. I've been
messing with the resolutions of these pictures because it seems to me
it's easier to adjust the size of an image without losing detail by lowering
the resolution. Not sure that makes any sense, but I'll always agree that
less of anything is best for image processing.