Wedding Photo Op, 2005

wedding photo op in progress.

I feel this would almost be a better image without the wedding. It's really an architectural shot as it stands. The wedding party is frustrating, as you can't see them (not at this resolution anyway). Nice church.

The wedding party is gravy to the beauty of the arhitecture, which is the point of the photo, imo -- the beauty of the scenario in which a wedding is also occuring. As I stated in the notes, the photo is intended to be large when it will show the details you seek.

 

thanks,

 

Steve

I kinda like. There seems to be a slight distortion across the frame.

Seriously underrated.

Hi Stephen,

Sorry, I didn't read the notes. I agree this would be better as a larger imsge, as the quest for detail on the wedding party would be satisfied.

 

Cheers.

Apart from the fact that this should be viewed as a large print; for web display purposes, this image can greatly benefit from noise reduction via Neat Image.

I only discovered this program yesterday and have taken the liberty to demonstrate what it is capable of. Highly recommended!

Thanks for notes on program. I don't see this noise on any of my monitors. What kind of monitor do you use?

 

r,

 

Steve

sure does seem to increase clarity of the image. What version are you using??

 

r,

 

Steve

I'm using version 4, which is the Demo edition of Neat Image and is distributed as freeware for non-commercial use.

Not sure if the monitor question was directed at me or Sean. But since I'm the one who used the term noise, I'll add that photonet comes to my place on a 19" calibrated NEC monitor.

Thanks for info on software.

 

I use an LCD 17" at 1024x768. Not the best but it works.

 

A few thoughts on this photo. It was actually filtered with Dry Brush in PS and I am wondering if that doesn't account for noise we discuss?

 

r,

 

Steve

Hhmm, that is quite possible. But in hindsight I think that the neat image filtered version is perhaps too clean. Almost like a hospital ward kinda thing. Just seemed like a good idea at the time, to experiment with your original. I still think it is a potentially useful tool.

I downloaded it and tried it out. I did it on a 56mb file. Then compared them side by side. Not really sure how to describe the difference. There was one, sort of like the difference between two lens bokehs (out of focus effect).

 

r,

 

Steve