Gerald Kelberg
12-08-2014, 12:35 PM
Thanks for the feedback and interest in my previous Golden Eagle image.
Here is another image of the same male bird taken in Norway in January of this year. The bait was placed closer to the hide and so he was very wary - didn't arrive until the light was fading - of course.
So it meant a relatively low shutter speed and high ISO at 3200. But I think the noise is mitigated reasonably well.
Canon EOS-1D Mk IV, EF500mm f/4L IS, Extender 1.4 III for 700mm.
1/400 sec at f/5.6 with ISO at 3200.
Converted in DPP3 and taken in to PS5 for optimisation - opening up some of the darker tones without adding to the noise. Tree stump on the right needed to be shortened. Two rounds of Dfine for NR on the background, small amount of NR on the bird itself. Slight crop off left and top.
Comments and suggestions very welcome.
Thanks for looking,
Gerald
Here is another image of the same male bird taken in Norway in January of this year. The bait was placed closer to the hide and so he was very wary - didn't arrive until the light was fading - of course.
So it meant a relatively low shutter speed and high ISO at 3200. But I think the noise is mitigated reasonably well.
Canon EOS-1D Mk IV, EF500mm f/4L IS, Extender 1.4 III for 700mm.
1/400 sec at f/5.6 with ISO at 3200.
Converted in DPP3 and taken in to PS5 for optimisation - opening up some of the darker tones without adding to the noise. Tree stump on the right needed to be shortened. Two rounds of Dfine for NR on the background, small amount of NR on the bird itself. Slight crop off left and top.
Comments and suggestions very welcome.
Thanks for looking,
Gerald