The noise is so frustrating. I tried noise reduction and the flowers looked plastic, and the bokeh was significantly reduced. With Advanced Editing, I could have applied it selectively, but not in Basic. So I opted for the noise to keep the life in the image.
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Julianne, are you shooting manually or in auto mode? If you are shooting manually, underexposing at any ISO over 100 will cause a lot of grain. In fact, underexposing at all will cause grain if you "correct" the underexposure from your RAW file (Unless the underexposure is intentional and how you intend to present the finished product, grain will be a real issure.)
Could also be something with your teleconverter?
At any rate, I saw that you are getting a Rebel XT soon? That should clear the matter up as long as you avoid underexposing unless by design.
Hope this helps!
Thank you, Catherine. This is good information that I will definitely keep in mind. I don't think any of this was the problem here, because the picture was pretty well exposed. Also, I made a mistake when I uploaded the shot -- I didn't use the teleconverter that defaulted to the lens field. (I have corrected that now.)
Julianne, are you shooting manually or in auto mode? If you are shooting manually, underexposing at any ISO over 100 will cause a lot of grain. In fact, underexposing at all will cause grain if you "correct" the underexposure from your RAW file (Unless the underexposure is intentional and how you intend to present the finished product, grain will be a real issure.)
Could also be something with your teleconverter?
At any rate, I saw that you are getting a Rebel XT soon? That should clear the matter up as long as you avoid underexposing unless by design.
Feeling your frustration - plastic flowers don't make it!
Lovely shot - 4.8 was mean, but there are probably too many flowers in a challenge like this to hook the voter. :(
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