Post processing for silt and noise

[jreilly2120 0]

Anyone have any good lightroom / photoshop methods for post processing out silt and noise? I've been experimenting with some darker, siltier environments lately, and can't find a way to manage what silt does end up in the photo effectively.

[Mosseltje 1]

I always select the region with the noise and use the "remove dust and scratches" too soften the noise.

 

[jreilly2120 0]

That actually looks like it works pretty well. I have been individually selecting the silt particles. I think I'll try that. Thanks!

[tursiops 80]

I always select the region with the noise and use the "remove dust and scratches" too soften the noise.

 

That's a Photoshop option, not a Lightroom option. I'd pay a good bit for a LR plugin that removes backscatter....

[JamesR 26]

You could pay 9.99 a month for PS & LR CC...and to be fair, the OP did specify LR & PS in the question.

[tursiops 80]

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You could pay 9.99 a month for PS & LR CC...and to be fair, the OP did specify LR & PS in the question.

I'd like to avoid the learning curve of PS.

I consider plug-ins as part of the LR/PS system, so to be clearer I'd like a plug-in for LR.

[jreilly2120 0]

The learning curve is not bad. Id just bite the bullet and do it now. Back on topic, I'm going to give this a shot this weekend. Silty test pictures incoming.

Edited April 28, 2016 by jreilly2120

[BlurredPixel 0]

JReilly

 

Doug Sloss in his "Underwater Photoworkshop" DVD presented a nice Photoshop technique to remove a lot of backscatter from an image if you can afford to loose detail in the background. I don't know if it is still on his "Adobe Photoshop CS4 for the Underwater Photographer" DVD http://www.underwaterphotoshop.com/. Erin Quigley present a very similar (if not the same) technique at http://www.scubadiving.com/photoshop-tutorial-how-to-remove-backscatter-from-underwater-photos

[tursiops 80]

JReilly

 

Doug Sloss in his "Underwater Photoworkshop" DVD presented a nice Photoshop technique to remove a lot of backscatter from an image if you can afford to loose detail in the background. I don't know if it is still on his "Adobe Photoshop CS4 for the Underwater Photographer" DVD http://www.underwaterphotoshop.com/. Erin Quigley present a very similar (if not the same) technique at http://www.scubadiving.com/photoshop-tutorial-how-to-remove-backscatter-from-underwater-photos

 

I was told Quigley invented the technique, although in his article he says he got it from Eddie Tapp.

Edited April 30, 2016 by tursiops

[Grantjpthomas 16]

I find the healing tool with content aware selected in photoshop is a great way of getting rid of individual spots and un-wanted particles. Even removing and replacing distracting background areas or objects! The clone/healing tool in LR is also extremely useful but a lot slower and less accurate i find personally.

[Fofo 9]

As a Lightroom plug in, you could install the Nik Collection from Google. The noise reduction plug in can help soften the Backscatter.

 

I change from "automatic" to "manual" and then select a background area with Backscatter.

[Fofo 9]

Here's the link to the Nik Collection (it is now free!):

 

https://www.google.com/nikcollection/

 

And the noise reduction one is called "Dfine."

[jreilly2120 0]

Thanks! I think that's definitely worth a shot