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Video: How to Reduce Noise in Night Sky Images

By SIGMA

If you shoot long exposures to capture the beauty of a clear night sky, you’ve undoubtedly run into issues with image noise. Luckily, SIGMA Ambassador Darren White is here to show you how to eliminate that pesky noise and grain with a variety of post-production techniques!

Learn how to remove white noise from shadows, how to get rid of “confetti” noise in single long exposures, and even how to quickly stack your images to get ultra-smooth foregrounds and skies.

See more of Darren’s work:
http://darrenwhitephotography.com/
https://www.instagram.com/darren_white_photography/

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