Posted by Stuart McCrae on October 6, 2007 at 4:20 PM
From today's visit to thompson lake in Norfolk,my only nit is the veg near the fish at the top,could'nt clone it though wthout losing the droplets.
Stu.
40D 100-400L
Focal length: 360.0mm
Exposure time:1/400
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO equiv.: 800
Exposure bias: 0.33
Whitebalance: Auto
Metering Mode: spot
Posted by Paul Gibbs on October 6, 2007 at 5:56 PM
Nice capture, looks like you had low light.
One thing, this image, when i looked at it, i thought it was a Nikon shot, looks pretty noisy in the OOF areas. Is it me or is the 40D prettyclose to the D200's noise characteristics.
Posted by Andy Astbury on October 6, 2007 at 6:29 PM
Might be tempted to persist in attempting to clone the oof reed by the beak, to polish it off.
May be my screen, but it appears to have a slight magenta cast, and if corrected, should enhance the green rendering of the water and reduce the slight noisy appearance in that area at the same time.
Nice low angle and nice catch - didn't notice the magenta to start with but thought it needed a touch more USM - but that will increase the noise....!
Posted by Stuart McCrae on October 7, 2007 at 5:10 AM
Thanks for the comments and pointers,I have used the remove colour cast tool in elements and lowered the saturation on the magenta chanel and it does make it look better,thanks.
Cant coment on the D200,but the noise is very evident in all my shots from yesterday,running high ISO upto1250,in grey and flat lighting,I would expect this though and need to invest in neatimage or similar.
Stu.
Posted by Brian Irving on October 7, 2007 at 5:17 AM
Hi Stuart
This looks much better, I have found a cooling effect with the 40D at 800iso. But I have also found that the noise levels are quite low.
I suspect that someone with more PS skills than myself could further tweak the result, to counteract the dull-light effect, although i suspect neatimage/noise ninja etc would be essential {i don't feel i could manage without that added option from 400iso upwards, in many cases}.
Discussion
7 repliesStu.
40D 100-400L
Focal length: 360.0mm
Exposure time:1/400
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO equiv.: 800
Exposure bias: 0.33
Whitebalance: Auto
Metering Mode: spot
One thing, this image, when i looked at it, i thought it was a Nikon shot, looks pretty noisy in the OOF areas. Is it me or is the 40D prettyclose to the D200's noise characteristics.
Nice PoV
Might be tempted to persist in attempting to clone the oof reed by the beak, to polish it off.
May be my screen, but it appears to have a slight magenta cast, and if corrected, should enhance the green rendering of the water and reduce the slight noisy appearance in that area at the same time.
Alan
Cant coment on the D200,but the noise is very evident in all my shots from yesterday,running high ISO upto1250,in grey and flat lighting,I would expect this though and need to invest in neatimage or similar.
Stu.
This looks much better, I have found a cooling effect with the 40D at 800iso. But I have also found that the noise levels are quite low.
Brian
I suspect that someone with more PS skills than myself could further tweak the result, to counteract the dull-light effect, although i suspect neatimage/noise ninja etc would be essential {i don't feel i could manage without that added option from 400iso upwards, in many cases}.
Alan