kirkt
7th of October 2009 (Wed), 21:34
Hey folks,
Here is a neophyte's attempt at exploring the awesomeness of Zero Noise (http://www.guillermoluijk.com/article/virtualraw/index_en.htm) by Guillermo Luijk. This shot is composed of two RAW files, 4 stops apart, combined into a single 16 bit TIFF in Zero Noise. The results were then tonemapped to death in PSCS4. The look may be a little too contrasty, but the latitude I had with the ZN-produced TIFF was really quite amazing. Also posted here are the two images that were used to make the single file. Essentially you get a very large dynamic range contained in a single 16 bit TIFF, with very little noise in the shadows, with preservation of sharp details - which is a good thing, especially with black boots in deep shadow.
This was really another hairbrained experiment designed to see how far into the shadows I could go and extract an image. Pretty freaking far!
Enjoy!
kirk
http://kirkt.smugmug.com/photos/673752276_64wQm-X2.jpg
http://kirkt.smugmug.com/photos/673752291_2QKSH-L.jpg
Here is a neophyte's attempt at exploring the awesomeness of Zero Noise (http://www.guillermoluijk.com/article/virtualraw/index_en.htm) by Guillermo Luijk. This shot is composed of two RAW files, 4 stops apart, combined into a single 16 bit TIFF in Zero Noise. The results were then tonemapped to death in PSCS4. The look may be a little too contrasty, but the latitude I had with the ZN-produced TIFF was really quite amazing. Also posted here are the two images that were used to make the single file. Essentially you get a very large dynamic range contained in a single 16 bit TIFF, with very little noise in the shadows, with preservation of sharp details - which is a good thing, especially with black boots in deep shadow.
This was really another hairbrained experiment designed to see how far into the shadows I could go and extract an image. Pretty freaking far!
Enjoy!
kirk
http://kirkt.smugmug.com/photos/673752276_64wQm-X2.jpg
http://kirkt.smugmug.com/photos/673752291_2QKSH-L.jpg