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			|  | 04/06/2006 08:20:57 AM · #1 | 
		| | Greetings to all experienced photographers, I'm new to photography and only picked up this interest recently. I got myself a Canon PowerShot S2 and it is giving me a high level of noise when i post-process my photographs, and sometimes before I even process them. I noticed quite some plug-ins that are able to reduce noise efficiently, but I have some questions about the presence of noise. 
 1. Does noise only destroy photos?
 
 2. Can noise be used to enhance the mood in some photos?
 
 Please help, thanks!
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			|  | 04/06/2006 08:41:35 AM · #2 | 
		| | There was an Image Grain contest some time last year with some magnificent shots, take a look //www.dpchallenge.com/challenge_results.php?CHALLENGE_ID=394
 
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			|  | 04/06/2006 01:41:42 PM · #3 | 
		| | Thanks wsteyn! I've seen some of them and I guess I know what makes a good grainy picture! | 
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