Archive For The “Post Processing” Category
There seems to be a lot of noise on the internet (Sorry 🙄) about a new noise reduction package using AI (Artificial Intelligence), developed by Topaz Labs called, wait for it, Topaz DeNoise AI At the time of writing (October 2020) it’s not the cheapest software at $79.99 but with discounts to $59.99 and vouchers,…
The preamble If you can’t be bothered with the whys and wherefores then you can click the links below to go to each section. The preambleThe test resultsThe conclusionThe resulting workflow This is a revised description of my noise reduction workflow using NeatImage. Originally I was under the impression that I wasn’t doing any noise…
Sometimes you get a shot of a bird that’s in focus with good light, good perch, and good background only to be spoilt by a shadow. The image below is ok except for the shadow of the bill. Wouldn’t it be great if you could remove it. Well you can using the following technique. Download…
I first describe my workflow for processing images for posting on the web in 2010. I posted my revised workflow in November 2017. Since then I’ve changed a few things, so I decided that I needed to update my blog with my latest workflow, using my latest Photoshop Action, which can be downloaded from here…
I decided to write a description of my noise reduction workflow in the hope that it helps someone. I don’t do any noise reduction in Lightroom or Photoshop as I don’t think they are very good. Just my opinion and others will probably disagree. I use the Photoshop plugin of Neat Image and this is…
Whenever we sharpen images we run the risk of introducing halos, especially when there is a big transition from light to dark. This can be seen clearly in the following image There is a white halo that is particularly noticeable on the dark tail and the bill. This can easily be removed in Photoshop…
I think I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve heard someone say they haven’t done any post processing because they don’t know how to. The usual comment is ‘I have a copy of Photoshop (insert version here) but when I open it the interface is very busy and I don’t know where to…
I was asked recently on one of my posts how I replaced a blown sky. Here is my solution to the problem. It’s not the perfect answer but is how I do it, and it could probably be done a number of different ways. Sorry this is for Photoshop, but if someone would like to…
Recently I was asked if I knew of a decent tutorial on Masking. I had a quick look via google but didn’t come up with anything related to bird photography Post Processing (Actually I didn’t look very hard)I decided that it would probably be easier if I tried to explain what I do in the…
In a perfect bird photography world the subject would be nicely composed, well exposed and sharp with a nice out of focus background. If only that was always the case. Usually there are distracting elements in the shot, such as these There are several ways to remove them, including cloning, patching and healing. I’ve tried…