House Wren

Gallery: AvianPosted April 28, 201693 views6 comments

Canon 1D-X, 500mm f4 x 1.4 TC, handheld
f5.6, 1/640, ISO8000

The ISO is not a typo; it was pretty dark back in there. As a result, the depth of field is less than I'd like. But I was still pleased to find a wren even this far out in the open.

75% of full frame. Slight sharpening of the bird. Noise reduction to background.

C & C please. Thanks for looking.

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 28, 2016 at 12:42 PM

You put the focus where it needed to be, Jim and managed to stop the beak, which I suspect was vibrating a bit. Really excellent noise control at that iso. Excellent work.

devil

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by David Schoen on April 28, 2016 at 8:31 PM

Good job for such high iso. You can tell with the detailed view but it is not objectionable at all. You did an excellent job with the processing and noise reduction.

Registered on November 6, 2006, 1213 Posts, 4587 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Thompson on April 29, 2016 at 9:56 AM

Yea, more dof would have been nice but this is a very strong shot as is. Nice singing pose and I like the background. Great job on the processing.

Registered on August 7, 2014, 125 Posts, 2319 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on April 30, 2016 at 10:43 AM

Hi Jim,

The head detail is awesome devil

. The shallow DOF is OK here and overall, you handled a difficult scene very well................Jim

Registered on January 17, 2004, 705 Posts, 3594 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on April 30, 2016 at 11:25 AM

Nice clean image of a bird which doesn't come out int he open often. I like the open beak in this one. Not much you could have done to get more DOF with already being at ISO 8000 and shooting wide open. Nice work Jim!

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments

Comment posted by May Haga on May 1, 2016 at 8:35 PM

Nicely capture Jim. Great results considering the conditions. I like the singing pose and that the head and beak are nice and sharp.
May

Registered on February 22, 2007, 714 Posts, 8470 Comments