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Challenge: Natural Light Indoors (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS
Location: Empires State Plaza, Albany, NY
Date: Apr 13, 2010
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Architecture, Travel
Date Uploaded: Apr 13, 2010

 In order not to blow out the sky outside the windows I underexposed the interior by 1 1/2 stops. Then I used ACR and the shadow/highlight filter to bring out the detail at the high and low ends, followed by Topaz Adjust to bring out the window reflections from the horse. I'm not sure that what people are seeing is "noise" but rather an exaggerated amount of "texture" in the concrete.

Statistics
Place: 122 out of 158
Avg (all users): 4.7624
Avg (commenters): 5.5000
Avg (participants): 4.7344
Avg (non-participants): 4.7754
Views since voting: 644
Views during voting: 299
Votes: 202
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0

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 04/23/2010 10:19:59 AM
Originally posted by pwm6:
Originally posted by EL-ROI:
WHAT??? YOU WERE ROBBED!!!! I voted this a 9!!! Great shot in my opinion! Don't let this discourage you because this was severely underappreciated work!

Well, thanks! Your comments really cheered me up considering the very low score this got from the voters. I guess that the problem had to do mostly with what some saw as noise.
Actually this was a very difficult shot to do with basic editing because of the huge number of stops between the indoor and outdoor parts of the scene. I underexposed the indoor part to get at least some detail in the outdoor part and then used Topaz Adjust which brought back many of the interesting reflections in the horse but also gave the concrete a gritty look which I think some mistook for noise.


I recognized the difficulty you had with exposing this during the contest and thought you might have done some adjustments or perhaps a one shot HDR effect through adjustment layers to get this... I saw the "noise" more as texture and detail during voting. Anyway, at least you know this was appreciated. Hope to see more good stuff coming from you in the future! If I had a member award to give, you'd get one!
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 04/21/2010 09:15:14 AM
Originally posted by EL-ROI:
WHAT??? YOU WERE ROBBED!!!! I voted this a 9!!! Great shot in my opinion! Don't let this discourage you because this was severely underappreciated work!

Well, thanks! Your comments really cheered me up considering the very low score this got from the voters. I guess that the problem had to do mostly with what some saw as noise.
Actually this was a very difficult shot to do with basic editing because of the huge number of stops between the indoor and outdoor parts of the scene. I underexposed the indoor part to get at least some detail in the outdoor part and then used Topaz Adjust which brought back many of the interesting reflections in the horse but also gave the concrete a gritty look which I think some mistook for noise.
 04/21/2010 08:03:20 AM
WHAT??? YOU WERE ROBBED!!!! I voted this a 9!!! Great shot in my opinion! Don't let this discourage you becasue this was severly underappreciated work!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/14/2010 08:01:03 PM
This is so great with excellent low, medium and high tones. I am amazed that you got the detail in the sky through the windo along with the darker lighting inside. There are few reflections on the window and wha tis there is barely noticeable. Great job all around!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/14/2010 11:12:18 AM
Really nice lines, lighting and composition.
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 04/14/2010 08:13:45 AM
A bit too grainy. Could have bumped down the iso and compensated with longer shutter.
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 04/14/2010 12:37:23 AM
Noise problem?
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