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Late Evening in Twyford
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SimonR



Registered: March 2009
Posts: 9
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Slightly touched up pic using Capture NX2
· Date: Sat March 21, 2009 · Views: 2009 · Filesize: 55.1kb, 884.7kb · Dimensions: 3008 x 2000 ·
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Kev

Registered: February 2008
Posts: 2,722
Sat March 21, 2009 4:38pm Rating: 6.00 

Hi Simon,
As you can see...this pic is extremely "noisy"....one reason is that the file size you have uploaded is much bigger than the recommended 1500 x 1500 pix size.


Secondly, I'd check your camera ISO setting...coz it may be too high as a sunset pic like this should never be this grainy.


Shooting in NEF (raw) files and using NX2 (which I use) should give you stella results.


You don't need to use the spot metering on this...matrix would be a better choice for a general landscape shot.
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SimonR

Registered: March 2009
Posts: 9
Sat March 21, 2009 4:50pm

I can see I have a steep learning curve :-)


Thanks for the suggestions, Kev. I will try to remember all this for the next ones!
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Kev

Registered: February 2008
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Sat March 21, 2009 11:42pm

Nah - It's not rocket-science...a decent understanding of the basics will improve a shot like this a great deal. With sunset (golden hour) type pics you need to use a tripod. The light is diminishing fast and therefore longer shutter times are required which cannot be hand held. Also, you need this to be able to use a low ISO setting (ie: 100, 200) to avoid grainyness.


You can re-upload the picture after resizing it to a smaller 1200 pix - don't delete this post coz my comments will also be gone...simply browse to the new file and re-upload over the old image.
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nikhil

Registered: March 2009
Posts: 26
Thu March 26, 2009 3:06pm

i think here light is too harsh..
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