I was shooting the entire day on ISO 400 outside in the bright light on accident. I was going to throw away the entire day but decided to keep them hanging around till I decided if I really wanted to do that.
I have decided that I like this image and would really like to fix it.
I noticed that one monitor its not so bad, on the other is HORRIBLE. I'm not sure why that is. I wish wish wish I could just go back and reshoot it but thats not possible.
I don't see a problem here.
Is it simply the little bit of noise you see at 100% ?
If so this doesn't look like a problem to me.
I think we get too concerned with "noise".
Try printing a 6x4 and I doubt you'll see anything.
Run it through neatimage/noiseninja/PS2 noise reduction and I'm sure you could correct the little bit of noise there is to your satisfaction.
I agree with the others who say it's not bad at all, really. At 100% you're almost always going to see some sort of flaw.
That said, any noise reducing program mentioned previously is going to take care of that for you. Noise Ninja is my favorite, but others will work just as well.
A gentle application of 'smart blur' (if you have photoshop) in the noisy areas can work well. Smart Blur is 'tunable' using radius and threshold controls to achieve noise blurring tailored to the subject. Carefully select the area to be treated using the 'magic wand'. Smooth and feather the selection to trim the selection as desired. Most effective for areas that are fairly uniform in color, like the tomatoes.
Like others, I don't think the noise is bad at all. It's not big, blotchy chroma noise, but rather appears to be dominated by fine (high-frequency) luminosity noise. You'd probably never notice it, even on a mid-size (e.g. 8x10 inch) print.
If you must remove the noise, a *gently* application of NeatImage or equivalent is probably the way to go. It should work well on this type of image.
You can always do it manually:
Zoom in about 800%, select a small (5-15 pixel) soft-edged brush with the blur tool, set the Mode to Normal and the strength at about 10-15%, then slowly drag the brush over the areas that are offending you, not getting to close to the edges. Adjust the brush size as needed. Click, rub over it, keep repeating until satisfied. Best if done in smaller increments then trying to blur heavy in a single pass.
Since you all have said that its not bad, Im starting to wonder if this monitor is causing it. I'm going to try to capture a screenshot and show you what I'm seeing here. I'm not sure it will work though.
