Collection:B&W a week for 2008 Camera:Canon PowerShot S70 Location: Noordzeekanaal, Zaandam Date: Feb 19, 2008 Aperture: f/7.1 ISO: 200 Shutter: 1/250 s Date Uploaded: Feb 20, 2008
I think the grainy look is perfect. It gives that sense of calm eeriness and makes you wonder what the boat pilots have to go thru to get to their destination.
I think that we (or at least I am) are programmed to want all of our pictures smooth and continuous. However, this photo really works well with the noise. It has not only that early morning, foggy feel but the grain adds a texture that well... works.
Don't know why you have such grain in such a low iso, but because most of it does not have much detail, you could blur it just by 1px and you would get a a dreamy kind of feel.
Great misty/foggy shot, I always like these, I wish we had fog more often, but I always try to get out and take photo's when it is. A lot of the time I think the graininess is just the light reflecting off of the mist and can't be helped.
I don't either think its disturbing. I think it rather adds to the eerie look with the fog. I love the photo alot! The fog and the grain gives it kind of a nostalgic look. My favorite kind of look :)
Personally, I like it with the grain. It's one of those photos that needs to look a little gritty, and I certainly like it. That being said, as an experiment, I ran your photo through Neat Image just to see what the result would be. It took all or most of the grain away depending on the settings. My guess is that you did the noise reduction prior to re-sizing the photo. I've found that if you're looking for that "smooth" look, run the noise reduction after re-sizing.
I like the grain/noise - it gives the picture a nice texture and feels the way fog feels. I also like it in the dark soft grays you have here - you made a good choice not to lighten it too much in my opinion.
The mist is suppose to be grainy - it looks cool, coming in out of the fog like that. The size of the boat creates the feeling of depth because the front of the boat is seen more clearly.
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