Teneral Blue Tailed

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Posted by PhilH on May 25, 2008 at 5:13 AM

40D, 180/3.5 + 12mm ext + 1.4, Benbo 1 + BH1.
ISO640, 1/250 @ f14, Manual, Incident metered.
ACR 4 + CS3 resize & sharpen.

Hi,

A short while ago I commented on how good the 40D is at higher ISO's for close up photography... here I needed a higher shutter speed which I was able to get by raising the ISO to 640, as long as you can fill the frame the results are quite remarkable no noise reduction has been used here...

All the best

Posted by Matt Cole on May 25, 2008 at 5:29 AM

very nice Phil, lovely colours. The noise levels look very good. I've been disappointed with noise on my 400D on a couple of occasions recently when I've shot at ISO 400 but accidentally underexposed slightly. I think the 40D does perform better and you obviously got the exposure right here.

Matt

Posted by Dave Courtenay on May 25, 2008 at 5:41 AM

That Digic 3 processor is a good'un, The files on the MK3 are beautiful and ISO 400 is now my default setting and am quite happy to go to 800 and beyond which was crap on the 20D and not too good on the MK2,I guess one day noise will be a thing of the past and only available as a filter
Anyway back to the image-beautifully clear and clean looking-Love the silvery metallic look

Dave

Posted by John Robinson on May 25, 2008 at 6:24 AM

Looks OK to me.
As a matter of interest I leave my D200 on 640 99% of the time. Once you get used to ityou know where you are.
JohnR

Posted by Bertl Menegoni on May 25, 2008 at 6:33 AM

Very clean and sharp macroshot Phil!
Agree with Dave, ISO 400 is the limit with my 20D. But this is already a big enhencement for me,
2 years ago I shoot with MF 4,5X6 ISO 100.

Good times for us Naturefreaks.
Have fun.

Bertl Menegoni
Innsbruck
Austria

Posted by Andy Astbury on May 25, 2008 at 6:39 AM

Very nice Phil - super-smooth BG and sharpness - cracker

Posted by Adam Seward on May 25, 2008 at 6:55 AM

Great macro shot Phil. Excellent composition and background!

Posted by Paul Inglis on May 25, 2008 at 7:48 AM

Hi Phil,

Beautiful image! Love the colours and the overall compositon! Nice!

Posted by Andy Shepherd on May 25, 2008 at 10:45 AM

Lovely image Phil , supreme detail and a gorgeous BG , excellent work

Andy...

Posted by jack chapman on May 25, 2008 at 11:16 AM

great detail here and the background is superb

Posted by Alan Woolnough on May 25, 2008 at 11:29 AM

Clean shot, in both noise and setting Phil,

A beauty

Alan

Posted by Greg Hitchcock on May 25, 2008 at 3:49 PM

Very nice Phil, very crisp, great DoF. It's good to know that ISO640 is useable if I need it!

Greg

Posted by Brett Lewis on May 25, 2008 at 4:09 PM

Superb work Phil in every way. I am looking forward to catching up later this week and perhaps we could try some more of this as well as the plotted agenda..?

Kind regards,

Brett

Posted by Ian Andrews on May 25, 2008 at 4:38 PM

It's OK I suppose, but you should see the files out of a D300!!

Nice one Phil

Ian

Posted by tony flashman on May 25, 2008 at 6:07 PM

Ignore him Phil, he's only trying to wind you up. BTW when are you coming to the dark side?
Lovely image!

Tony

Posted by Dave Bartlett on May 25, 2008 at 6:13 PM

Brilliant image and superb background

Dave

Posted by A.R.D on May 25, 2008 at 6:48 PM

Hi

Usual high-standard image. No gripes from me.

Regards

Posted by Nigel Blake on May 26, 2008 at 5:04 AM

Spot on Phil

Posted by Mark Sisson on May 26, 2008 at 11:33 AM

Have nothing but praise for the 40D followinggin part your strong recommendation Phil - it's working as an excellent back-up that adds another element to my repertoire too.

This cracking image just confirms it's capabilities as you say.

Mark

Posted by Danny Green on May 26, 2008 at 5:58 PM

Beautiful Shot

Danny