Autumn Red

Love the perspective and you certainly froze the action. The squirrel appears to be coming out of a fog bank with the sun behind it. Great image!

Looks fine to me! great stop action catch of the most difficult kind!

Edwin - the action-stop looks fine to me as well. this is such a unique view of a common animal - LOVE it

You should feel very guilty using such a camera that can do this kind of photo at iso 2500. Nice work Edwin.

catching an animal - especially a squirrel - in action is hard to do, unless you just happen to be lucky enough. A lot of times, you need to be ready...Great job!
-holly morris

ISO-2500 is not a silly ISO for the camera you use, Edwin...I shoot my D3s regularly at ISO-1600 to 6400 in low light.
lovely moment here - I'm curious about the foreground colours that are out-of-focus...what is it?

Another wow image, Edwin! Looks like your squirrel is jumping like a cat on a hot tin roof!

Super cool flight capture I think the shallow depth of field works very well here.

A Beauty Edwin!!!

Ken Archer

Hey Edwin,

This is both fun and eye-catching - works well for me. I like the overall colour palette here too. Nicely done.

I am surprised you managed to freeze the action at 1/500s...tho' I guess the direction of motion helped you a little there (directly at you as opposed to crossing the frame - far fewer pixels crossed per unit time).

Geez...why buy a D4 if you don't want to jack up the ISO? I know, I know, it has other great features too...just pulling your chain. I personally don't consider ISO 2500 on that camera even close to silly...

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad

Hi all,

I did not buy the D4 for it’s high iso performance and of course I'm well aware of it's high iso/low light capacity. For the last 20 years or so, I shoot low iso (100-400) because I always go for the best IQ. Old habit I'm afraid. But I'm getting there and I'm amazed by the results up to iso 1600. I'm simply not amazed by the noise showing at iso 2000 and higher. Adobe CS6 has got an amazing noise filter but I'd rather not use that feature. My philosophy is to work in the best possible light and shoot in the lowest iso possible. I'm sure a lot of you will disagree but if you need to shoot at iso 3200 or higher, you're shooting in the wrong light unless you're after dark pictures or working in darker places like a dense rainforest.

Not saying you shouldn't shoot at higher iso but just saying it's not the way I shoot.

Edwin

Unforgettable image!! Love the tones of the image, and how they compliment the animal. Really great timing on this fast-action one, Ed!

I liked your previous jump shot, but I like this one even better. Great shot with beautiful autumn colours.

Congrats on a fine WP!
Sandy

Thanks all. Much appreciated!!

Edwin

Terrific capture. Wonderful combination of humor and beauty.

Brilliant shot - not only the action but the OOF colours are gorgeous.
Grt, Ingrid.

This is brilliant. The orange in the foreground works brilliantly for me.. :)

Love the action Congrats.

Super Edwin

Oscar