What do you think ?

[cja]

Too dark (under exposed?)
Not quite sharp enough?
too much noise?
one for the recycle bin?

This not a post rejection whine, it has not been uploaded. I would just like to know What you think.

[philip]

sharpness is ok, noise level also although noise is visibile on the darker parts (belly). I'd brighten it up a bit and upload.

[cja]

Thanks Philip.

Is this ok or too much?





or this?

[jid]

can you post a copy of the original scan?
It looks like a lot of contrast in there that needs taming.

[jid]

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[G-DALE]

CJA,

It's arkwardly cropped IMO. Personally, I'd of cropped it just behind the start of the winglet. Is that something to consider? Although I suppose that usually comes down to the photographer's/screener's taste at the end of the day.

As for your updated version, I think there's a slight decrease in noise, but there's still a fair amount of it in there, especially around the windows but I don't think it's anything too major.

Just my two cents

Dale

[cja]

can you post a copy of the original scan?
It looks like a lot of contrast in there that needs taming.

this is the original cropped and downsised to keep it below the 500kb upload limit. I have made no other changes as you can see. And looking at them again
I wonder how I got to the Original image in this post !!!!



This is the one Dale would have preferred.

[jid]

Its a tricky one as the noise is hard to remove. I have had a go, see what you think.

Jid.

[cja]

[QUOTE=jid]Its a tricky one as the noise is hard to remove. I have had a go, see what you think.

Great effort on the noise reduction and overall its a lot better. Did you adjust the levels?

Thanks

[jid]

Yes only a little, increased the saturation slighty as well, touch of usm and noise reduction which was the hard bit.

[cja]

Yes only a little, increased the saturation slighty as well, touch of usm and noise reduction which was the hard bit.

Thanks for the help. In the process of all this I have discoverd the Magic Wand tool, layer via copy, then Neat Image. Its a great way to clean slected areas only.

The original image was from a "professional" scan of the negative and was actually a lot less noisy than some of the others from the same film. I was not happy at all and so will try for a higher resolution scan next time if the Lab can assure me that there will be less noise. (Lets see now; a trip to MAN =film at £3.50/roll, processing and scan to CD £13.00 roll x 3, divide by the cost of a 20D = 25 trips to MAN.. Hmmm!)

Thanks again; Its now in the upload queue, recropped, leveled, USM etc.

Chris

[jid]

The original image was from a "professional" scan of the negative and was actually a lot less noisy than some of the others from the same film. I was not happy at all and so will try for a higher resolution scan next time if the Lab can assure me that there will be less noise. (Lets see now; a trip to MAN =film at £3.50/roll, processing and scan to CD £13.00 roll x 3, divide by the cost of a 20D = 25 trips to MAN.. Hmmm!)

Thanks again; Its now in the upload queue, recropped, leveled, USM etc.

Chris

Looking at the price of a 350D body today only £609 don't forget to include your labour as well in your calcs !! £15per hr minimum.

Good luck with your shot Chris .. See you soon at MAN .. Jid

[G-DALE]

Geez, how many beers did you have before taking those photos?

Dale

[cja]

Geez, how many beers did you have before taking those photos?

Dale

Since turning 18 I have had several! ...

[jid]

It made it .. well done .. Jid