Part 2 - Off-Topic - advice, experiences, and examples for images being processed in DxO Photolab

[Joanna (Joanna Carter)]

@mikemyers

Seems to me that ‘noise’ is no longer the problem, but ‘detail’ has taken over as the main problem

You are missing the fact that Ken is shooting jpeg and that he is not using DeepPRIME. The beauty of DeepPRIME is that it acts on the RAW data and helps, not just with noise reduction, but also in preserving detail.

@mikemyers

Because of your larger sensor, maybe your camera can go to 25,000 more easily, before you start to get annoyed.

The D850 is the same sensor size as your D780.

But, for the work I do, 25k is not something I use often. Even 10k is mainly reserved for concert work. But, no matter what, I can assure you that you can quite easily use 10k on your D780 without much problem. Search for any of the jazz photos I have posted, like here…

- 2022 Processing High Dynamic Range Photos in PhotoLab 5 - Part One, Fireworks

Do you mean something like this? [_JNA0072_1_DxO] To my mind this is starting to get confusing. It is difficult to separate out the trumpet bell from the guitar behind, but I often don’t have the time or the space to “rearrange” everything to avoid situations like this. I don’t see the “box”, because I know I can, if necessary, crop afterwards, so the primary aim is to ensure that the “box” is large enough to allow for that. What I do sometimes do is to rotate the camera to “fit” the subje…

Shot at 10k with no discernible noise and no loss of detail