kite at 1200mm and low light

[arash_hazeghi]

I liked this frame because of open beak and the kill. It was taken at sunset so I had to use high ISO (3200) and lower my shutter speed. results were great given that I was handholding a 1200mm rig at only 1/1250sec! Details came out great after processing.

1D4 1200mm f/8 1/1250sec ISO 3200 handheld


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[Jonathan Ashton]

I think this has got to be one of my favourites, I love the action shots but the lighting and ambience in this shot is gorgeous.

[Karl Egressy]

I just saw this image on NSN.
It looks soooo much better in this size and with the black around oppose to gray.
Great work in adverse condition. I would clone out part of the branch (about three inches) running parallel to the bird's breast and belly
if it were mine. I wish it were!!!

[Lorant Voros]

I love the shine in the eyes. Impressive shot for ISO3200. Awesome work, Arash.

[David Salem]

Very nice Arash, Love the prey and the open beak . Great detail and light. Good job on the HH. Sweet!

David

[Jim Neiger]

Pretty awesome for 3200 ISO. Well done. Next month we'll give the 600s a major real world test. It should be a blast. I can't wait.

[Corey Hayes]

Sweet shot and cool looking bird I like how he is looking straight at you.

[arash_hazeghi]

thanks everyone!

[arash_hazeghi]

Pretty awesome for 3200 ISO. Well done. Next month we'll give the 600s a major real world test. It should be a blast. I can't wait.

I can't wait either! see you soon

[Shawn Zierman]

I love the diversity of your kite portfolio. You cover a lot of natural history with one subject.
This is a great image with superb quality made possible by your know how and high end gear....

[Grace Scalzo]

Freakishly good technique, Arash, both in the capture and in the processing. What a superb result.

[Roger Clark]

Arash,

Beautiful image. The higher resolution image is awesome for iso 3200. Please tell us a little about your processing. I'm not wild about the OOF branch in the background next to the bird. I don't clone out, but I would burn to darken it a little to make it less annoying.

Roger

[Nico Steenberg]

Great skills showed here Arash ! IMG is well exposed and sharp with good colours and the eye contact is a killer Well done here.

[Diane Miller]

WOW! What they said....

[arash_hazeghi]

thanks everyone. I use Canon DPP for RAW conversion and then calibrated plug-in based NR in photoshop to remove the noise and sharpen the details after resizing. It has a number of steps that are explained in my guide.

Thanks again for nice comments/suggestions!

[Allen Sklar]

Stunningly beautiful. When I see ISO 3200 I get gear envy, my ISO 400 shots don't look this nice.........