M11 - Low Light Performance + Shutter Sound

[Photoworks]

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2 hours ago, jaapv said:

Yes - you should have switched of sharpening and other enhancements and reduced noise reduction to a lower level, and it would have been fine.  

What so intelligent about it? I was already getting better results in capture one in this picture.

[jaapv]

5 hours ago, IzelPhotography said:

In LR I ramp up masking to around 70% so all flat areas such as sky, deep shadows etc are excluded from sharpening and then, if necessary, apply a small boost on the sharpening tool which should now only improve strong in-focus lines and edges. Also making sure the details slider isn't adding any noise.

If it's a narrow focus image, turning off sharpening altogether and then in layers select person, object etc and then apply sharpening to that area only. As you say, this way you should be able to reduce the amount of NR which in turn improves images sharpness as well.

I use the object selection tool (in precision cloud mode) on a layer. Much better than the Topaz selection tool. 

 

[jaapv]

1 hour ago, Photoworks said:

What so intelligent about it? I was already getting better results in capture one in this picture.

AI is the official term for software that adapts its algorithms to the (large amount) of data that it collects. It is not capable of intelligent decisions as proven many times over but it is a perfect advisory tool. The same for the Topaz tools. Therefore there are sliders, masks, automation (off!) switches, etc to use the program. Just like you should not let your camera decide. 

[THEME]

Ah, the pixel peeping. Make photos, not pixel war.