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Posted: **Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:24 pm**

I can’t make up my mind as to which image I prefer - with grain or soft!!

I’m sure that there will be constructive comment for me to dwell on

Posted: **Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:29 pm**

with grain ....
soft is, well, tooo soft

Posted: **Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:30 pm**

Chris - you might want to run a Poll.

I prefer the second - 'Soft'.

fozzie

Posted: **Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:34 pm**

Grain for me. Very nice images, nevertheless.

Posted: **Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:49 pm**

Grain for mine... and I agree, the second is too soft. Nice image(s) though!

Posted: **Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:59 pm**

Chris,

Grain, without a grain of doubt.

Posted: **Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:06 pm**

Grain for me too.

Out of curoiusity how did you add the grain. Film Grain Filter or Add Noise in PS or some other??? :?:

Posted: **Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:10 pm**

Grain for me too Chris.

Posted: **Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:29 pm**

SteveGriffin wrote:Grain for me too.

Out of curoiusity how did you add the grain. Film Grain Filter or Add Noise in PS or some other???

Alien Skin B&W Modify grain.

Posted: **Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:33 pm**

Grain here too. What a fantastic effect it gives the look of that photo.

Posted: **Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:48 pm**

soft........ with a hint of more contrast

Posted: **Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:17 am**

Wonderful texture in the grain shot, it has more appeal for me.

Bob

Posted: **Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:28 am**

Grain.

Posted: **Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:33 am**

Hi Chris,
The one thing that we most often look for in an image is sharpness, it is a fact of life... our eyes want to see something of detail simply so they know they are focused properly on the subject. (This is something that I have considered often, simply because I have shot a lot of grainy film in my time, usually Kodak TMax 3200, usually rated at 2000). Grain provides us with something for our eyes to focus on... while we can see it we are happy even if the image is overall rather soft.
Try this for an idea... duplicat an layer, apply a little gaussion blur (just a few pixels) and see if you like it soft... then add back in some monochromatic noise just to add a little texture to the image. See what you think of the image then!
Hope this is a help... Ants

Posted: **Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:38 am**

the grain one looks better to me.

Posted: **Sun Jul 29, 2007 1:04 am**

grain by a mile here but give Antsl's suggestion a go as well.

Posted: **Sun Jul 29, 2007 1:05 am**

grain...

Posted: **Sun Jul 29, 2007 2:27 am**

Grain for me too - if I have to choose. I'd like the grain a tad toned down, though, to make it look more natural/film like/old.

The softened version looks way too high-tech and doesn't suit the subject and colour.

Cheers
Steffen.

Posted: **Sun Jul 29, 2007 10:10 am**

The grain has it here Chris

cheers
marco

Posted: **Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:17 pm**

Grain for sure

Posted: **Sun Jul 29, 2007 1:53 pm**

Thanks to everyone for your input. Ants, I will have a play with your suggestion - thank you

Posted: **Sun Jul 29, 2007 9:43 pm**

grain FTW - Brilliant shot BTW

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