Grain, Grain, Go Away

MommyOf4Boys · Sep 30, 2006

Whyyyyyyyyyy is there so much grain!!!???? OTE! I totally screwed this photo up lol Ok, going back to the drawing board haha.

KevinR · Sep 30, 2006

Looks nice on my screen.

Don Simon · Sep 30, 2006

KevinR said:
Looks nice on my screen.

Same here :thumbup: what did you shoot it with?

ShelleySnapz · Sep 30, 2006

:hertz: I dont see any grain??
Beautiful shot!

thebeginning · Sep 30, 2006

not sure what you're complaining about, as I would consider this a very clean image. try shooting at iso 3200 and underexpose by two stops then pull it back up in PS...now THAT's noise

EBphotography · Sep 30, 2006

I see no noise!

*Takes off earphones*

Still none!

MommyOf4Boys · Oct 1, 2006

lol yall dont see it around his chin, neck, and mouth? ok, maybe it is just me LMAO. I shot it with my D50, 50mm 1.8D and was trying out a new black and white technique I learned.

zombiekilla · Oct 1, 2006

I see a tiny bit of grain, but I wouldnt worry about it. The picture is so grat it compensates for it!

thebeginning · Oct 1, 2006

MommyOf4Boys said:
lol yall dont see it around his chin, neck, and mouth? ok, maybe it is just me LMAO. I shot it with my D50, 50mm 1.8D and was trying out a new black and white technique I learned.

that's just plain old luminance noise. if you've looked at the fullres image, it will look worse in that than it does to us on this web version. I would definitely not worry about the amount of noise in that picture.

Don Simon · Oct 1, 2006

thebeginning said:
that's just plain old luminance noise.

Yep, there's no grain at all

Christie Photo · Oct 1, 2006

What is happening is the further we are from you, some of the grain is filtered throgh the web. So, anyone below the Mason-Dixon line, and cetainly in the Mississippi delta region will see more grain than, say... someone in Chicago.

Seriously though, I think what I'm seeing may be a result of the high contrast. There's a minimal amount of noise. Nice shot!

Pete

Holly · Oct 1, 2006

I dont see noise either hun... Its a great image...

AprilRamone · Oct 1, 2006

I think the shot looks great as well. Care to share the new B&W technique you were trying out?
-April

JTHphoto · Oct 2, 2006

there are a lot of noise reduction programs that might be able to help whatever it is your seeing, but it looks pretty clean to me... i have only ever tried neatimage, but it seems to work pretty well.