Forbidden City 1 C&C

echoyjeff222 · Sep 9, 2012

A side temple at night --- the lights on the far left is the actual Forbidden City.

Forbidden City by echoyjeff222, on Flickr

FanBoy · Sep 9, 2012

Great night shot, just some noise possibly due to low light/high ISO.

MLeeK · Sep 9, 2012

Beautiful! Gorgeous leading line!!!
NEEDS some noise removal. The color noise in the sky is out of this world.

echoyjeff222 · Sep 9, 2012

How would I remove the noise?

MLeeK · Sep 9, 2012

What are you processing with?

echoyjeff222 · Sep 9, 2012

Photoshop -- I just tried to noise reduction filter and I honestly can't tell the difference xD

echoyjeff222 · Sep 10, 2012

FanBoy said:
Great night shot, just some noise possibly due to low light/high ISO.

the ISO was at 100! what gives? it was a 3 or 6 second long exposure, though

MLeeK · Sep 10, 2012

echoyjeff222 said:
FanBoy said:

Great night shot, just some noise possibly due to low light/high ISO.

Click to expand...

the ISO was at 100! what gives? it was a 3 or 6 second long exposure, though

Long exposures cause digital noise too.
Raw image? Photoshop what version?

Bynx · Sep 10, 2012

I used a noise removed plugin by Topaz. This is a great shot and with a little more work a definite wall hanger.

macpro88 · Sep 10, 2012

OP used a Nikon CoolPix, therefore probably not the best noise performance from a camera like a DSLR.

The shot is solid, great composition, color is very pleasing, Bynx's edit with a noise reduction plugin is damn near perfect.

Designer · Sep 10, 2012

echoyjeff222; Very nice! Aside from the noise issue, I think this shot is tilted slightly. Normally, I check at a central orthographic line, but here there is none, so in that case, just use the ground level under the tree canopy for a "horizon".

echoyjeff222 · Sep 10, 2012

@Bynx Ah wow, thank you! Is there any way you could email that to me in full size?

Actually, I'm not so sure -- why exactly are files saved like the one you posted so small (136 kb?) Does the image quality go down?

A little more work -- can you give me a hint on what I should work on?

@MLeek No raw image, sadly. I don't have raw

CS5.

@Designer: I spent forever trying to get a straight line and was using the vertical line from the temple as the vertical horizon. It's still slanted?

MLeeK · Sep 10, 2012

You do have raw. Open up adobe bridge to the folder that the image is in. Then right click on the image. Open in camera raw. Doesn't have to be a raw image, it can be a jpeg. The details tab is the third over. Zoom to 100% while looking at the sky. INcrease the noise removal sliders for color noise and luminance to the right until it begins to improve without losing detail.