POTD

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My friend bought a new digital camera this week. He seems to like it so far, with the exception of noise in the images.

After he mentioned this, I started thinking how much I like noise. With film, I preferred TRI-X to T-Max. With digital cameras, I often add noise back into the image in post processing.

Grain or noise gives depth to images. Like fog, it makes the atmosphere part of the photo. Completely noiseless images, to me, seem odd, unsettling. Feel the noise. Love the noise. Bring the noise.