ssim wrote in post #2290267
And you can expect that a poorly exposed image (the underexposure that you did) will attract more noise in the image than if you had nailed it in the first place.
Had to underexpose to keep shutter speed up in order to capture movement.
Thanks for the input. I processed about 700 photos that way (noise reduction then sharpen) and it seemed fairly successful. I was just wondering what everyone else did. I actually had the following workflow:
DPP (Raw) - Fix exposure (+1/2) and White balance, convert to JPG.
NoiseWare Pro - Reduce Noise (batch)
PSP XI - Crop, SmartFix, Unsharp Mask
I was very pleased with NoiseWare performance and PSP XI cropping and USM, but not so impressed with PSP XI Smartfix functionality.
50D, Tamron 28-75 f2.8, Canon 70-200 f2.8L, Kenko 1.5x Extender, Sigma EF-500 DG ST + Fong Dong