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Andrew Lamberson said:
I just want to put my complaint in about this thread. It just cost me $2800 for a new computer!
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I want to complain about the whole forum. 🤣 🤣 🤣 It plus Covid caused me to increase my time working on PP and chatting with newfound friends from all around the world. The end result was my motherboard died and that alone is costing me AU$1,600 to replace. Mind you, it is pretty much a top of the range because graphics work is cruel on PC's.
 
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1/400 F/5.6 ISO 2000 380mm
D500/200-500 SOOC​
Processed with DXO PL3​
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DRwyoming said:
D5 Image Basic LR Processing ISO 10,000D5 Image LR Processing + Topaz DeNoise ISO 10,000
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To really see the difference, click on each in turn. I guess this would have been a better demo with crops to 100% view :)

Great tip and great instructions Oztours! That's a pretty cool comparison tool for all kinds of compare and contrast kind of discussions.
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It's encouraging to see these results at ISO 10,000. Do you have any at even higher ISO? The reason I ask is that I am shooting a dog sport event this weekend and I believe the conditions are going to require that I shoot at 16,000 or even higher. (Overcast and/or rainy, need shutter speed of approximately 2000 at f 6.3) I'll be shooting with D6 and Sigma 150-600S. Thanks
 
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djb663 said:
It's encouraging to see these results at ISO 10,000. Do you have any at even higher ISO? The reason I ask is that I am shooting a dog sport event this weekend and I believe the conditions are going to require that I shoot at 16,000 or even higher. (Overcast and/or rainy, need shutter speed of approximately 2000 at f 6.3) I'll be shooting with D6 and Sigma 150-600S. Thanks
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Well, yes. Scroll down a couple of posts from the one you quoted where I posted an image shot with the D5 at ISO 25,600 before and after Topaz Denoise.
 
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FWIW, here's another couple of D5 captures at ISO 25,600 and cropped to 1:1 view before and after Topaz DeNoise.

100% pixel view, D5, ISO 25,600. Exposure opened up +.66 stops plus Shadow recoverySame image plus Topaz DeNoise in Low Light Auto mode
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This is a pretty extreme example as the image pushed up against my high ISO cap and ended up underexposed. So in addition to running at ISO 25,600 the shot had to be opened up in post making the noise even worse. I can't say I love the recovered image at 1:1 view with a kind of blotchy background but I'm still amazed at how much Topaz DeNoise helps in terms of salvaging a really tough image. I'm sure it helps that the D5/D6 sensor produces a fairly uniform fine noise that almost looks like film grain with very little chroma noise.
 
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Practicing the Photoshop skills I learned on this forum. Photolab 4 and Photohop CC.
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Ralph Bruno said:
Added blue sky in Luminar 4.
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Well done on the sky replacement…the original one sucked due to the flat overcast. Blue and clouds makes a much more interesting shot…and you were successful in choosing the right sky so the color temp matched and it also looks like you toned down the effect a little to keep it looking real as opposed to "the sky only rarely looks that brilliant blue".
 
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Neil Laubenthal said:
Well done on the sky replacement…the original one sucked due to the flat overcast. Blue and clouds makes a much more interesting shot…and you were successful in choosing the right sky so the color temp matched and it also looks like you toned down the effect a little to keep it looking real as opposed to "the sky only rarely looks that brilliant blue".
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Yup. That’s what I was trying to do. Thanks.
 
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I recently did the upgrade to Luminar AI (actually pretty cheap!) and it's a pretty good plugin for Lightroom, if for no other reason than the skies! You can make a lot of adjustments to each sky to meet your own critical eye. It works amazingly well.
 
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First time I have noticed this thread so I decided to play. It is a great idea, by the way!

Great egret shot with D500 + 200-500, -.7, highlight meteringAfter processing with LR and PS, no noise reduction
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