I’ve been using LR2 for a little over a month now (been using Capture NX2 for a long time) and have been quite happy with it. I even wrote a post myself about LR2 and how I was able to fix some old images with it that NX2 wouldn’t do. I learned a new trick from your video as well, using the “TAT” to drag up and down on the sky — I would have used the brush and – exposure on it to darken, but I’ll try your way on some images to see which works best.

Thanks again!

robert

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I’ll drink some caffeine before commenting anymore, I promise.

The noise without any removal in a 1:1 crop should have been this link:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2597/3979038114_f176f610f8_o.png

Here’s the original shot compared to the recovered shot:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rpsommers/3978210625/sizes/o/

Noise in a 1:1 crop:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rpsommers/3978210625/sizes/o/

Same after using Lightroom’s noise removal:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3476/3978327809_6529b6c81f_o.png

Same, but using PS4’s noise removal instead:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2573/3979089650_f49844a799_o.png

Same, but using NoiseNinja noise removal:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3119/3979079738_3f4b79a067_o.png

And finally, the same, but using Noiseware noise removal:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2556/3979079472_7bede7d147_b.jpg

I’m consistently amazed with the dynamic range of the new 5D mark ii compared to previous cameras I’ve used.