Karl Witt wrote:
Centered? Is good What a beautiful little bird RT, stunning orange. I think some NR would be most beneficial here on this beautiful BG IMO
It's a Robin (Erithacus rubecula) (tech: 1/160th, F5.6, 700mm, 1d)
There is a bit of noise in the bg, especially on the cropped one (first), but I like that
In ACR, you can adjust the Luminance slider to reduce some of that noise.
As well, you can adjust the Mask slider, while holding down the Alt key, until the background goes solid black, indicating no sharpness applied to it in ACR.
In CS4, I also use Noise Ninja on its own layer. After applying noise reduction for a clean sky (or background as here), I add a mask to the layer, and use a brush over the parts I do not want the noise reduction to apply to.
