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I love these flies, their noses look as if they are made of wood!
I feel the fly has lost a little detail - I think it was when I filtered out the noise. Any help in that area would be greatly appreciated. (How do you filter out noise but still keep the details sharp?)
| Camera: | Canon S3 |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Title: | Pinnochio |
| Username: | 
KarenFB |
| Uploaded: | 15 May 2008 - 8:02 AM |
| Tags: | Fly, Insect, Rhingia campestris, Wildlife / nature |
| Votes: | 40 |
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Hi Karen, excellent macro. Maybe not as clinical as some you see on here but it's a real scene.
I use noise ninja plugin for p/s for my noise. And I use it on either a selection or a seperate layer and then delete the areas where noise/detail need to stay. Noise ninja lets you adjust the amount of reduction it gives.
HTH Alan
Excellent closeup Karen and I love those eyes.
I really struggle with noise reduction when there are fur/feathers involved as it nearly always saps the fine detail and leaves just coarse detail. Unless the noise is really bad, I leave it alone and maybe selectively applying it to less detail objects or the background if needed. I don't do it quite the same way, but pretty much echoing what Wooly has already said in his comment.
Tim
Thanks everyone!
Alan: I did wonder if to use a duplicate layer and erase to keep the details.
Tim: I must admit, when I print up my shots (usually kept at a bigger file) the noise doesn't seem so bad.
John: ISO usually kept at 200 - I know I'm supposed to use a mono or tripod, but me and pods don't get on.............the bug has usually long gone!!! 
A really great image...like both versions, but particularly like all the greenery in the original.
Hilary
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