I'm usually at the wildlife forum, but once in a while find opportunities to shoot these. Can anyone help tell me why I'm getting this "banding" effect in this photo? Thanks in advance!
bshamilton wrote:
You'll get the banding if you tried to darken the skies too far, especially if done in 8 bit, v 16 bit.
Cool silhouettes, regardless.
Barry
Many thanks Barry. That's exactly what I wanted to know!
Cool shot here! Very nicely done, and thanks for dropping in and visiting us!
Barry hit it right on the head, you really have to watch that. One thing you can do to help reduce it after the fact with a sky like this that has no detail, is to use your noise reducing software like Noiseware on it's highest setting. Just use a layer mask so that it is only affecting the sky. Also, you could use a layer with high Gaussian Blur, that again you blend in over just the sky area.
Cool shot here! Very nicely done, and thanks for dropping in and visiting us!
Barry hit it right on the head, you really have to watch that. One thing you can do to help reduce it after the fact with a sky like this that has no detail, is to use your noise reducing software like Noiseware on it's highest setting. Just use a layer mask so that it is only affecting the sky. Also, you could use a layer with high Gaussian Blur, that again you blend in over just the sky area.
Jim
Wow... I feel humbled. I'm pretty new to landscape processing and am greatful for your advice Jim! Many many thanks!
