The other engine was 'weathered'. Weathering model trains is the same as weathering other models, that is the process to make a model a bit more realistic. A lot of the trains at the DMRRC have various degrees of weathering. For some reason, the job on the PC 6816 really got to me. Maybe, because if I were to draw a working train, this would be it.
I had taken this image after I put away all the stacking stuff, meaning this is a single shot. There's a bit o' bokeh in the background but I can live with it.
The other item of note, I was using manual mode with auto ISO. In my case, it is live and learn.
The settings:
Look at that ISO - 11,400. Yikes.
What does an image at ISO 11 - whatever look like at 100%?
Since I very rarely shoot anything over ISO 2000, my experience with removing noise is somewhat limited. Always a chance to learn.
All of my noise decreasing programs/filters didn't help much with this image. Most just sharpened the noise, which I think is funny. I ended up using ACR's noise reduction sliders. Again, a learning thing.
When I finished that process, I hit it with AI Clear. Not so much for the noise reduction, but to add just a bit of sharpening back.
And that gave me this:
The noise irritation is gone, and some definition still remains. I like this a lot. That is a lot of noise removal. So the final image is this.
This was a learning adventure. And it works for me.
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