Um sabor do verão

Amid the dreadful Algarve weather, something to look forward to in a few months:



Canon 400D, 500mm f/4 +1.4 TC 1/3200s f/6.3 at 700mm ISO 400
"Hand-held" (Dunas de Alvor).

Colin

And, for Gonçalo, another shot with the 400D at ISO 1600


1/4000s f/6.3 at 700mm




Colin

Great shot Colin!

I must start practising high-speed

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Gonçalo

Great

Gonçalo Elias escreveu:Great shot Colin!

I must start practising high-speed

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Gonçalo

Hi Gonçalo,

I thought you would be interested in that second shot at high ISO. The 400D (same body as you have) is not noted for good results at ISO this high so it was an experiment to get the shutter speed as high as possible for these fast-flying birds.

My original attempts at processing these shots (they are very heavily cropped) were not good and I more or less discarded them as the noise reduction in Photoshop did a very poor job. These two were re-processed using "Neat Image" noise reduction and that has made a huge difference.

So, as I commented to you a short while ago (regarding a shot of yours at ISO 100) I think you can safely shoot at ISO 400 as "standard" without degrading the image, and go up to 800 if the light is not too good.

Colin

Thanx Colin. Will try that