European Bison head shot
Hey folks ... this is more a demo posting ( internal of this Wildlife forum ) .... is a bout NR and sharpening of high iso images , from my POV . Not saying it is the perfect way .... still a very HIGH ISO image ... so it has its short comings !!!!
Just again try to showcase what is possible with this kit .
Even if the starting point was not ideal .... in terms of exposure , F stop and speed .
Canon EOS 1Dx II
EF 500 IS L II + 1,4 TC
HH
F 8 ; Iso 16000 ; 1/2500 sec ; man exp and auto Iso ; not shot in ETTR , at least not perfectly !! plenty of space on RHS of the histogram
Processed in DPP : usual exposure / tonal / WB / selective color corrections . NR ( luminance ) turned off . Sharpening turned off
PSCC 2020 : further slight local color corrections , slightly local contrast and very minor tonal correction with a ( soft light layer ) . NR with Neat Image on whole image ; just masked out some darker parts ( green channel at 25 % opacity as layer mask )Slightly sharpened on separate layer . Downsized with my script ; that includes several steps and several rounds of sharpening .
I could have done more on the tonal front .... but for illustration it is good enough , look at the amount of fine detail and the low level of noise ( at this size ) . Keep in mind it was shot in dense fog ( with long lens ) and not ideal exposed . And there is no secret in editing ....just a matter of sensitive work .
Hope this helps a tiny bit .... at least for those who use DPP and use Neat Image for NR !!
Cheers Andreas
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