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Published: 2012-08-11 11:07:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 2770; Favourites: 208; Downloads: 97
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MannumSouth Australia
Sorry about the lengthy absence from dA! Recently, Marianne and I have had a lot on our plate with renovations completed, work busying up over winter and little Charlotte soaking up our affections! As a result, I've only been able to keep up facebook with sporadic posts on other sites! We took a weekend away to the riverland recently and this was the result of some rather different conditions necessitating a different approach!
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Amazing, so artistic atmosphere. I love that idea!
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Stunningly original shot! Simply surreal with the foggy atmosphere and the stark branches of the trees reflecting so perfectly. Looks peaceful, too. Well done! 
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the 8bit processing and the color noise shows on the top.
besides that, it's really cool!
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thanks for the feedback - still can't see it though ! just a question, these are done for printing ultimately and I was wondering if you could point me to some info about 16bit processing in this regard? (I stopped doing it in 16bit because of space and that the regular service I use only uses 8 bit)
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The data that comes out from the average DSLR camera is in 12 or 14 bits, depending on the model and settings. If you do the processing in 8 bit, you're loosing lots of data right at the beginning. This will result in blocky/edgy transitions of the smooth gradients, like on the top of this shot.
Do the editing in 16bit - converting the RAW file into a 16 bit TIFF/PSD, this will introduce some redundancy (2 or 4 bits of data), but you won't loose any quality. For archival purposes, I save the final image in 16bit, and for print I save in 8bit too. Just make sure that the downsampling is the last step you do in the process before you save.
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thanks for your answer 
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