Random Photo Thread

[Pampers]

that noise did not help with anything

[-HP-]

Noise ruins it a bit, but great photos man, I really wanna go there one day.

[Thrik]

Lovely photos, agree that the noise needs some work though. Noise in itself isn't a problem and lends a cinematic feel to a picture, but it looks a little too much like the default Photoshop noise filter which isn't particularly realistic as far as the film grain look you're probably pursuing goes.

There is actually a film grain filter elsewhere in Photoshop I recall, but what I usually do is use the noise filter on a new/copied layer at 100% (so it's completely black and white), then use gaussian blur to soften it a bit like real film grain rather than being all hard. Then I'll set the layer mode to colour burn, as real noise doesn't really affect highlights — the noise is essentially the camera failing to pick up detail in darker areas.

Moderation is the last thing to be wary of. Your noise probably wouldn't look too OTT if it weren't so intense.

[e-freak]

haha, sorry, that only happened after downscaling. i hate sharpening in downscaled pictures, so I have some presets that apply a noise pattern before I downsample them. I didn't bother to check the pics at a hundred percent scale though

lesson learned!

[2d-chris]

[-HP-]

Mother of god! SARUMAN

[2d-chris]

YOU SHALL NOT PARK

[Bunglo]

Sexy as hell, Chris!

[Sentura]

hella good image ref for deus ex style skyline too

[2d-chris]

was messing about with a 32 bit hdr tiff setup in lightroom - pretty neat you can do it without photoshop or another stand alone app - used a plugin from hdrsoft ^^

Edited December 27, 2012 by 2d-chris

[sarge mat]

Looking pretty good! hdrsoft make some pretty good stuff.

[dux]

Hey that looks a lot like that CoD clone dear esther

Edited December 28, 2012 by dux

[2d-chris]

hdr at night can be fun!

[2d-chris]

[penE]

Uow, great view! From the top of the maintower?