Post by popcorn on Dec 1, 2024 13:05:28 GMT
I have just returned from a holiday, photographing birds and other wildlife, in the rain forests of Madagascar.
Actually, it was hardly a holiday, more like hard work!! As with most wildlife photography the action is in the early morning or late afternoon.
I came back with literally thousands of images and now face the daunting task of curating and editing them.
Thousands of images, not so many "keepers".
I soon learnt that that I should have left my long lenses and tripods at home. Any subject further than 4m away was inevitably obscured by some sort of vegetation.
You need fast glass not big glass. My D500's ISO capability was certainly tested by the light.
I normally shoot birds in Manual with Auto ISO maximum set at 3200. Even shooting with the lens wide open, I soon had to increase that to 6400.
I have been experimenting with my post processing workflow on these high ISO images because my "normal" workflow did not give me the images quality I was hoping for.
Normally, I crop & straighten > denoise with Franzis Denoise > import the TIFF 16 bit file into Elements ACR, process in ACR then export to Elements Editor for editing.
Unfortunately Denoise does not offer an option to export the completed files as .psd or .NEF , so I end up using the 16 bit TIFF file option. These are pretty big files.
(Denoise does offer Add-ins but mine don't seem to work, and it offers an export to external programs, Elements is included in the list, but in my version that doesn't function either!!)
I have now found that if I complete my postprocessing in ACR and editing in Elements then by using Denoise as a last step in the process, I end up with much cleaner, sharper final images.
This goes against everything I have learnt. Any idea why?
Unfortunately, I then end up with huge TIFF files.
I know that Tiff has a few lossless options that reduce file size. I used to know how to access the conversion in Elements , but I haven't used it for years. Now it completely eludes me.
Can anyone please help me out?
Actually, it was hardly a holiday, more like hard work!! As with most wildlife photography the action is in the early morning or late afternoon.
I came back with literally thousands of images and now face the daunting task of curating and editing them.
Thousands of images, not so many "keepers".
I soon learnt that that I should have left my long lenses and tripods at home. Any subject further than 4m away was inevitably obscured by some sort of vegetation.
You need fast glass not big glass. My D500's ISO capability was certainly tested by the light.
I normally shoot birds in Manual with Auto ISO maximum set at 3200. Even shooting with the lens wide open, I soon had to increase that to 6400.
I have been experimenting with my post processing workflow on these high ISO images because my "normal" workflow did not give me the images quality I was hoping for.
Normally, I crop & straighten > denoise with Franzis Denoise > import the TIFF 16 bit file into Elements ACR, process in ACR then export to Elements Editor for editing.
Unfortunately Denoise does not offer an option to export the completed files as .psd or .NEF , so I end up using the 16 bit TIFF file option. These are pretty big files.
(Denoise does offer Add-ins but mine don't seem to work, and it offers an export to external programs, Elements is included in the list, but in my version that doesn't function either!!)
I have now found that if I complete my postprocessing in ACR and editing in Elements then by using Denoise as a last step in the process, I end up with much cleaner, sharper final images.
This goes against everything I have learnt. Any idea why?
Unfortunately, I then end up with huge TIFF files.
I know that Tiff has a few lossless options that reduce file size. I used to know how to access the conversion in Elements , but I haven't used it for years. Now it completely eludes me.
Can anyone please help me out?
