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With my last upload I was unsatisfied with the amount of noise, with thanks to 'banehawi' (Willie) I was introduced to the 'Median' blur tool in Photoshop Elements 9. So here is a before and after of the same lily! 
| Title: | After Median |
| Username: | 
KarenFB |
| Uploaded: | 9 Nov 2011 - 7:11 AM |
| Camera: | Canon PowerShot S3 IS |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Date Taken: | 6 Nov 2011 - 10:09 AM |
| Tags: | Flower, Flowers & plants, Lily |
| Votes: | 32 |
| Modifications Welcome (Upload a Modification) |
 | Variant - Before and After |
Comments
Lovely shot !!!.......I've tried the 'Median' blur tool in PSE8, but as the minimum setting is 1 pixel, I find it too vicious !!!, though I suppose you could
reduce the opacity of the layer, to compensate ?......plus the fact it's 'global', so softens everything, & needs the 'Erase' tool, or a layer mask to bring
back the sharp areas......worth trying though, to see the effect !!
Looks much better without the noise Karen, I see that my Uncle the Tomcat is back on form with his catty comments!
this one and yesterdays are lovely shot. IMHO in version 1 you got rid of a lot of detail in the stamen. In case you are to worried about the noise, just blur and reduce it buy 50 % and mask of all the detail that is important.
Yes, I never have time to do it either. So I just leave the noise and leave it to Walter find it
Another really great composition. I wonder if there is a little motion blur here, though, as that centre of the flower isn't as sharp as your previous upload - I see that the shutter speed was 1/60 but it could still have jiggled slightly. That could be why the blur/sharpen isn't working as well as it might. Just a tiny bit more light would really help things.
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