Digital noise 79Digital noise be damned when there’s a total lunar eclipse on the horizon. We think you’ll agree that the thrill
of chasing The Golden Hour and other special lighting times is worth the sacrifi ce of lost sleep, missed meals,
and a non-8-to-5 work schedule. Barry had been burning the candle at both ends teaching the Shutterbug
magazine workshop in Arches National Park when he learned that the moon would totally eclipse later the same
night. He summoned the students from the Moab, Utah motel and they returned to Arches. Balanced Rock again
seemed to be the best object for foreground interest. This photograph was taken in 2004, and prints made then
show a great deal of noise in the foreground. Reworking the RAW fi les (see Chapter 8) with today’s software
shows a marked reduction in the noise.