Reduce Noise in Bird Photography
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
- Digital noise can often be an issue in bird photography. Fast shutter speeds, narrow apertures and high ISOs often contribute to images that can look grainy and lacking in resolution and detail. Here I'm showing you how you can remove, or reduce that noise using post-processing techniques in Lightroom and DxO PureRaw.
What are your own methods for controlling noise in your photography?
I finally got chance to catch up and watch this! Great video Robert, well explained. As someone who regularly shoots with a camera with a tiny sensor noise is often an issue. With still subjects, noise isn't an issue as you can always select a lower ISO but with birds and other wildlife it is often a case of having to raise the ISO to get the shot and try and deal with the extra noise later. I hope you've recovered from Covid.
Yeah, defo better to raise the ISO first, in my opinion. Still got some annoying symptoms but the test says negative! 🤷🏼♂️ Thanks for watching - I know it was a long one! 😊
LOL...When I read your thumbnail, my first thought was, "Great, finally I'll get those blue birds to quiet down while I take my pictures!" Yikes, hope you are taking care of yourself...get the rest you need right off as I have a friend who didn't and has been struggling with malaise for a couple of months now. Wow, such great tips and techniques! Amazing what can be accomplished with some great software! Hope you do have a good week...Bruce and Otis
Thanks Bruce. Sorry to hear about your friend - I had a few days off work earlier in the week, but since then it has been much better. Yes a few software edits can work wonders on a noisy image. Nearly all my shots should look terrible without it! 😂 Cheers for watching. 😊
Great video and super informative, Robert!
Thanks Devin, glad it was of some use. 😊
Hi Robert , some great tips for using the noise reduction options available to us, as others have said its not specific to bird photography so good advise for anyone who post processes their images. Sorry to hear you are unwell and hope you have recovered now, all the best mate, take care.
Cheers Lee. I'm negative now but the symptoms are hanging on for a surprisingly long time! Hoping to finally get back out this weekend. Thanks for watching mate. 😊
I’m a beginner, just learning about what to look for and then how to adjust. . I recently got a Nikon D7500- nice to hear how you use it and what settings you’re using. Thanks!!
The D7500 has a really good sensor and it handles noise very well for an APS-C camera. A lot of the time you will find that you don't need to remove noise, but if you're having to use very high ISOs (as is usually necessary with bird photography) then noise reduction in post processing can be very handy. Thanks for watching. 😊
@@Robert-Bishop Thanks for the tips! I’m really happy with the camera! I appreciate your videos where you showed how you use it in different setting…. yes, I’ll be taking nature and bird photography- thanks!
Wow, feel better!!!
I'm a beginner and post processing today! So useful..
Thanks a lot Glen, it's already much better. Really glad you found it useful. Thanks for watching. 😊
Thanks so much Robert, this was really helpful! It really hit home when you said 'cropping doesn't add noise, it emphasises the noise you already have' - at the moment I have a 24MP camera and have been debating whether to upgrade to a 48MP one - If I do this and then crop in, am I likely to get better results with bird photography because of the higher megapixel count? i.e. less noise etc
Great, I'm really glad you found it useful. When cropping images, it's absolutely a benefit to have more megapixels. Every time you crop, you're essentially reducing the pixel count of your image, so the more you have to start with, the better. It won't reduce the noise as such, but the noise affects the image less, as you have more detail to work with. Also consider a good telephoto lens. The bigger you can get your subject in the frame, the less cropping you'll need to do. Finally, AI noise reduction can work wonders on noisy images - it didn't exist in Lightroom when I made this video, but has rescued shots that I had previously thought unusable. Thanks for watching. 😊
@@Robert-Bishop that's really helpful, and thank you for getting back to me so quickly. I have the 200-600mm sony lens with a 1.4x teleconverter attached (which will be delivered Tuesday!) - I'm going to try improving my technique by exposing to the right and using a slower shutter - then it might be time to make the plunge to the A7RIV :) thanks again Robert
That answers my question in the last vid I watched.
Thanks for watching Philip. 😊
Bird photography isn’t one of my strong points in the photography world. Great walk through for the people that do this. But I guess this could work for any image really.
Cheers Paul. Yeah absolutely can be applied to any image. I usually find bird photography is most susceptable to noise though. Mainly due to the very high shutter speeds required and the necessary high ISOs to compensate.