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Jeffrey Foster's avatar

As always, a fabulous read! I enjoy the details of wrestling with photo details, too.

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Paul Vlachos's avatar

Thanks, Jeff. Next time we get through GJ, I'd love to have a coffee and talk shop. Or if you get to NYC first, same thing.

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Jeffrey Foster's avatar

Would be great to have coffee and talk about the road, photography or whatever comes to mind!

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Sue Cauhape's avatar

I guess I won't feel so bad about my 'frog nebula' which you will see next Thursday. Fun with cell phone photos taken in full dark of a dark creature, then processed through whatever the photo processor on my laptop is. I had fun with this article too until the geekery finally got to me ... pretty close to the end, though, Paul. go easy with AI ... that is, like you say, it is a tool like a toaster. It does it's thing and if you don't like the results, you're the Man, the guru, El Jefe. Can it and move on.

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Paul Vlachos's avatar

Sue, thanks for this. It's good to hear someone say it.

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Sue Cauhape's avatar

Oh, and hope your appointment went well. That's another grain of salt to consider.

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Paul Vlachos's avatar

Thanks again. You know, it's never over until the blood work is back, and even then it's not always over.

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Tabby Ivy's avatar

right now I am totally an AI phobic. but, glad to see you can see it's (albeit limited) value with your beautiful work.

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Andrew DiRemiggio Stoltz's avatar

I like some of the new denoising algorithms. I often take photos of animals and of course they are most often active in the murky light of early morning and evening. Even when I get a good sharp photo, it's usually noisy. And as you clearly demonstrated-the skies! As with any technical tool, if it gets you closer to what you saw (or heard), then why not? If you're using it as a crutch to fix bad technique maybe that's not as good. But also, why not? We're constantly learning and getting better. As a recording engineer, noise reduction software has been a true revelation to us. Not just for going back and fixing old recordings but removing unwanted "events" like AC rumble, planes, cars, mic hiss... There's a fine line. I prefer to keep human elements in like piano pedal noise, page turns etc... but some clients want those out too. Anyway, onward and upwards!

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