[grossidm]

I thought this image was a good example of when to [mostly] leave noise in an image and not try to make an ISO-6400 shot "look like" an ISO-64 shot. Of course this is merely my opinion - do whatever you like. The only noise reduction I did was a +15 color noise in LR. I doubt it would have even been noticeable had I not.

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[ssheipel]

Love the mood of this shot. Nicely done.

 

[bleirer]

That's a nice image. Did you leave in the default Lightroom NR or dial it back to zero?

 

[Bluetail]

Conveys a mood just as it is!

 

[Louis champan]

I like the muted colors and the mood this image gives off, nicely done.

 

[grossidm]

That's a nice image. Did you leave in the default Lightroom NR or dial it back to zero?

Thanks. I dialed luminance NR down to 0, and the color NR to +17 (not 15 like I originally thought). For shots like this I take them both to zero, zoom to 100%, then adjust the color NR to the minimum amount to remove color noise. It generally only takes a +15 to +20 of color NR to get rid of the weird stuff.

 

[bleirer]

Thanks. I dialed luminance NR down to 0, and the color NR to +17 (not 15 like I originally thought). For shots like this I take them both to zero, zoom to 100%, then adjust the color NR to the minimum amount to remove color noise. It generally only takes a +15 to +20 of color NR to get rid of the weird stuff.

Sure worked here.

 

[Daniel Zdonczyk]

Lovely ethereal image. Congratulations!