Pushed to the limits

Gallery: AvianPosted October 19, 2017552 views8 comments

The rain started yesterday (with the forecast expectation that it will continue for the next 10 days without stopping ) and it has been really dark so I decided to see what the D 500 could really do. This nuthatch image was taken today at iso-5000 with a shutter speed of 1000th. Fill flash was used. I think the image quality is quite reasonable for 60% of full frame.

Iso-5000, 200-500 at 500, F8, 1000th, -0.3 EV, fill flash at zero, D 500, tripod, DxO Optics Prime Elite 11, Topaz Adjust, TK, sharpening action at 50%

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by David Bogener on October 19, 2017 at 6:41 PM

Beautiful image. I like the diagonal perch and the placement of the nuthatch between the two tufts of moss. Nice detail and pleasing color combination. ISO 5000. Impressive.

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Comment posted by David Rowe on October 20, 2017 at 7:06 AM

Excellent composition and simply amazing ISO performance. I can’t see noise and apart from some dark edging on the strands of moss, the IQ is very good.
David

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Comment posted by Craig Moreau on October 20, 2017 at 10:41 AM

David, this looks great, especially for ISO 5000. The bird stands out so well against the background, and I always love the moss on your perches. In the larger version, I see some noise only in the darker areas of the background. Maybe some selective blurring might be in order on those areas.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on October 20, 2017 at 1:51 PM

Impressive result at ISO5000.. NIce pose, composition and perch. Colorful image ! Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on October 20, 2017 at 3:53 PM

Excellent results, David. The image quality in the large image is excellent as is the pose. Did you do noise reduction in the DxO software?

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Comment posted by David Schoen on October 20, 2017 at 7:14 PM

Dennis: noise reduction done with DxO software. As of today, they have not released D850 profiles. This was shot with D500 which already has camera and lens profiles for the software. I have been going back and reprocessing some images from before and there is a notable improvement with the DxO software added to the workflow.

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on October 21, 2017 at 6:49 AM

Hi David,

This one is very nice--perch, subject, and BG are excellent. ...................Jim

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on October 22, 2017 at 8:31 PM

Aside from liking the photo, it is a revelation to me that with the same equipment I am using you come up with an almost noise free image at 5000 ISO. I don't dare go past 1600 for most photos! I just spent the $167 for the software. I sincerely hope I will make the same kind of progress. cool

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