Posted by John Varley on December 4, 2008 at 2:34 PM
Waxing by the canal at Crossflatts, West Yorkshire, late November 2008
Have some waxwing visitors along my patch of canal but they spend a lot of time in the tops of trees. On this occasion the flock came down low and quite close to feed but the light was rather dull and weak. Recently I've been experimenting with ISO3200 - so I gave it a try - nothing to lose! My manual focus looks slightly front focussed
Techs
20D 400mm F5.6 x2 teleconv, tripod. F14 1/250th ISO3200. Cropped to vertical format in Lightroom, CS4 for noise reduction (Noiseware) and sharpening and resizing for web.
Its not going to win any sharpness competitions but I'm pleased with it as a record shot, and I can get a decent small print off it. ISO3200 is not as rubbish as I once thought.
Anyway interested to hear what you think
John
Posted by Matt Cole on December 4, 2008 at 3:04 PM
it looks very impressive for ISO 3200 on a 20D. There's been a loss of feather detail although I find Waxwings are quite 'smooth' looking birds at the best of times without a great deal of feather detail. A nice shot.
Matt
Posted by Peter Edge on December 4, 2008 at 3:27 PM
A nice shot of a great bird.
I think some detail has been lost in the noise reduction. But still nice
Pete
Posted by Ian Mason on December 4, 2008 at 3:48 PM
I'd be delighted to have taken this. Looks pretty good for iso 3200!!
Posted by Magnus Hird on December 4, 2008 at 3:56 PM
Agree looks good for the ISO, these are very smooth looking birds
Posted by David Kjaer on December 4, 2008 at 5:57 PM
Hi John
Lovely image!
David
Posted by John Robinson on December 4, 2008 at 7:30 PM
Good Waxwing picture.
JohnR
Posted by Colin Pickett on December 4, 2008 at 9:24 PM
Hi John
One species I've yet to find, this is a fine image.
Good picture. I'm very surprised that the 20D gives that good pictures at ISO 3200. My 20D did not do that until now. (I suppose the circumstances give me the bad 3200 pictures, it was very bad light and I was pushing it to his limits (-: )
And manual focussing stays difficult, I know the problem.
Posted by Mark Sisson on December 5, 2008 at 3:46 AM
Better this than a blurry image at ISO 200 - well worked and suitably rewarded.
Mark
Posted by John Chapman on December 5, 2008 at 5:30 AM
Super picture at 3200 ISO John.
Posted by Paul Inglis on December 5, 2008 at 1:28 PM
Discussion
12 repliesHave some waxwing visitors along my patch of canal but they spend a lot of time in the tops of trees. On this occasion the flock came down low and quite close to feed but the light was rather dull and weak. Recently I've been experimenting with ISO3200 - so I gave it a try - nothing to lose! My manual focus looks slightly front focussed
Techs
20D 400mm F5.6 x2 teleconv, tripod. F14 1/250th ISO3200. Cropped to vertical format in Lightroom, CS4 for noise reduction (Noiseware) and sharpening and resizing for web.
Its not going to win any sharpness competitions but I'm pleased with it as a record shot, and I can get a decent small print off it. ISO3200 is not as rubbish as I once thought.
Anyway interested to hear what you think
John
Matt
I think some detail has been lost in the noise reduction. But still nice
Pete
Lovely image!
David
JohnR
One species I've yet to find, this is a fine image.
Very envious
Good picture. I'm very surprised that the 20D gives that good pictures at ISO 3200. My 20D did not do that until now. (I suppose the circumstances give me the bad 3200 pictures, it was very bad light and I was pushing it to his limits (-: )
And manual focussing stays difficult, I know the problem.
Mark
Beautiful image!