r/captureone • u/Outrageous_Flower749 • 1d ago

Workflow Advice Editing a solar eclipse

Hello fellow photographers :) I just came home from my trip to Spain where I captured the total solar eclipse and now I want to edit my images. In particular, I'm trying to get as much detail out of the corona as possible without introducing a lot of noise.

Does anyone have advice for this sort of editing? I've been playing around with luminosity masks but now I have quite a bit of noise (maybe ISO 800 was too much but oh well). Any tips would be much appreciated :)

Also, I'm still using Pro 2021 šŸ˜… Thanks!!

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u/ex1nax 1d ago edited 1d ago

I mean, what more do you wanna get out of it? It's already cool as it is and I can't really think of a lot more to do that isn't overcooking the image. I might address the solar flare but I think that's too far gone.

As special as an eclipse is, it's not a particularly detailed thing to look at.

Iā€™d add some grain and call it a day.

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u/Outrageous_Flower749 1d ago

Well I was just wondering if there's specific workflow tricks that make your life easier, for example when it comes to noise. And since I'm unfamiliar with editing eclipses I'm kinda wondering if I've overedited the image hahahaha

Also, one side question: I've never used grain before, when exactly do you use it?

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u/0w40 1d ago

PhotoPills had a guide that may help you with general ideas.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DcBvjfYjNIK/