Sunset with some crazies...

Had the chance to meet up with some friends at Diamond Head beach park and captured a nice sunset to finish the day. Trying out some HDR:

Bracketing was 7 shots done with Magic Lantern, then processed via Lightroom and Nik Software.

Noise Reduction

Played around with the Nik Software Dfine 2.0, 15 days demo. After comparing with the Photoshop Lightroom noise reduction feature, Dfine not only reduces the noise efficiently but also keeps the details in the picture. At ISO 800+, most digital cameras will show noise in pictures, especially in dark and bright areas.

Here are some samples:

- No Noise Reduction

- Nik Software Dfine Noise Reduction

Added as an external editor in Lightroom, it makes the work flow process easy and user friendly.

Thanks.