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Jul 05, 2012 02:22 |  #1

Looking North from the top of the hill in Morningside

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I regret having shot this in my extended ISO range on the 40D. I was testing some settings, and it brought a lot of noise. I'm open to suggestions on noise removal for this. I chose not to do output sharpening after resizing because the enhancement of the fireworks didn't justify the increase in noise to my eye.

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Jul 05, 2012 02:28 |  #2

I'm also considering a tighter crop, removing the tree on the left and the dark part at the top of the sky. That may be the more compelling composition.


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Jul 05, 2012 07:19 |  #3

it is a very good image and the picture quality is also very good.




  
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Jul 05, 2012 08:59 |  #4

Did you use a tripod? This looks motion-blurred due to camera shake to me.


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Jul 05, 2012 11:37 |  #5

Either motion blur, or completely out of focus!?!


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Jul 05, 2012 13:17 |  #6

My tripod is in another state at the moment, but it's 1/13. The issue there is definitely the focus. I was using a flat marble surface to act as a tripod to shoot fireworks in another direction (where I was experimenting with various settings). Lightning started going off to the north, I spun the camera around and snapped a round of exposures hoping to catch a bolt. After spinning back to the real fireworks and shooting a few frames I noticed my focus ring wasn't where it was supposed to be.

I almost swore in front of a little kid about it. I think it ended up coming out something like, "Oh you ffffffvvvve got to be kidding me." I don't like how loose this focus ring is/has gotten, not the first time in recent months this has bitten me which is why I was made at myself for not double checking.


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Jul 05, 2012 15:53 |  #7

Nice shot, but I thought the Bronx was always on fire......just kidding..............:)


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