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Postby sirhc55 on 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 :)

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Postby blacknstormy on Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:29 pm

with grain ....
soft is, well, tooo soft
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Postby fozzie on Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:30 pm

Chris - you might want to run a Poll.

I prefer the second - 'Soft'.

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Postby Reschsmooth on Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:34 pm

Grain for me. Very nice images, nevertheless.
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Postby BT*ist on Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:49 pm

Grain for mine... and I agree, the second is too soft. Nice image(s) though!
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Postby gstark on Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:59 pm

Chris,

Grain, without a grain of doubt.
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Postby SteveGriffin on 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??? :?:
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Postby Manta on Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:10 pm

Grain for me too Chris.
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Postby sirhc55 on 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.
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Postby Underload on Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:33 pm

Grain here too. What a fantastic effect it gives the look of that photo.
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Postby big pix on Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:48 pm

soft........ with a hint of more contrast
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Postby Old Bob on Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:17 am

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

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Postby team piggy on Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:28 am

Grain.
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Postby Antsl on 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!
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Postby Eugene-K on Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:38 am

the grain one looks better to me.
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Postby PiroStitch on Sun Jul 29, 2007 1:04 am

grain by a mile here but give Antsl's suggestion a go as well.
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Postby iposiniditos on Sun Jul 29, 2007 1:05 am

grain...
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Postby Steffen on 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.

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Postby marcotrov on Sun Jul 29, 2007 10:10 am

The grain has it here Chris :)
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Postby Yi-P on Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:17 pm

Grain for sure :)
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Postby sirhc55 on Sun Jul 29, 2007 1:53 pm

Thanks to everyone for your input. Ants, I will have a play with your suggestion - thank you :)
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Postby fishafotos on Sun Jul 29, 2007 9:43 pm

grain FTW - Brilliant shot BTW
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