Hey, thanks for the input! The issue of sharpening and noise reduction was the main focus of my editing in this image. I am trying to better understand the capabilities of Lightroom to address these issues and reduce as much noise as possible while still keeping the image sharp. I think you may be right, James, concerning the artistic advantage of B&W. From that standpoint, perhaps this “uncluttered” version works even better, but again the issue of all the noise in the sky is the big problem. This was mainly an experiment to see what kind of digital quality I could get from some of my old slides. I guess for this particular image, the only real solution would be another trip to D.C. with more modern equipment! These were taken when I was in high school on my senior class trip, so they’re at least 5 or 6 years old 🙂 Anyhow, it was before the days of megapixels and post processing!
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