They are the future, their future pains my heart, but gives me a glimmer of hope..
Watched today as the choppers took off, flying low, fearing; did we lose another one?
Botswana is a success story, they lost their last Rhino in 2013, none there-after...finally realised that a Rhino life is more precious than that of a poacher...
Just love the little ones and their attitude...
Image captured at last light, saw them earlier far up the mountain in good light-way too far, knew they would come down just before dark- despising High ISO, but loving the subject..
Which brings me to the question we all are struggling with- do you capture the moment at HIGH ISO and share, or are you just watching / continue driving by...?
I have read numerous articles and engaged many experts in this matter-still my mind is unclear as a muddled pool. I have learned that intermediate ISO values is a no-no, they create more noise
than the set value below or after. I have also learned through painful experience that you play Russian Roulette with a S/S slower than your focal length(some schools say double!)
I present you with an image taken at 7200 ISO- yes it is "crunchy" with the noise, but the moment and the scene before me brought tears to my eyes.. I bought the D3S( "King Of Noise" at the time)
for that reason only.
Do I capture or not...? Some schools say ISO 3200 max, it is the cut off point....
Maybe the D4S is better, Nikon gave us one on loan, will try this weekend...(R100k)
No Actions- just NR on BG, Levels and Curves Layer, D&B layer, selective sharpening for web.
No intermediate values-
Nikon D3S with Nikon 300f2,8
1/500 With F4
ISO 7200
Manual with Auto ISO (Max set at 12800 ISO)
What are your thoughts?
Hi Andre - OMG! What an adorable and cute moment captured with the baby's head resting between the mom's horns. Your timing was excellent. You've done well at the high ISO in preserving detail and the colors look appropriate for the low light, dusk timeframe.
For me, how high to push the ISO depends on what your purpose in shooting is. If you are going for a record shot to remember a sighting then push the ISO as high as you want and don't worry about noise; if you are shooting to share on the web with friends or to post on a website like BPN at a relatively small size and perhaps test or improve your pp skills then also shoot at high ISO; if you are shooting primarily to print images and perhaps at larger sizes on canvas, metal or paper, then use lower ISOs, preserve the detail and keep out the noise. Under all circumstances expose to the right unless purposely underexposing for a silhouette or something similar. Btw usually I fall into the last category with my primary purpose being to print so I don't crank the ISO up often.
Thanks for posing the question and hopefully others will give their thoughts too.
Hi Andre -- this is one priceless moment with your brilliant timing it was captured beautifully ! liked the the colors and overall feel to the image is brilliant ! Rachel has answered for most of us i guess and certainly i keep those things in mind while boosting the ISO and i also believe that if the camera is made to handle high ISO's then certainly one should exploit its capabilities especially in situations where moments are more important then anything else.
Andre, of course under the same circumstance I would shoot first, then worry about noise later. The noise is really not that bad. You had sufficient details and contrast here and the baby is SO adorable resting its chin on the mother's horn. I wish the third rhino wasn't there, but you can't tell him to move so easily. If I were there, I might reduced the SS a little bit assuming the rhino not moving very fast and shot at ISO-6400. Well done. Loi
wonderful image of the little one with the parent.
Don't be afraid to shoot high ISO. Shoot to the right and manage the less noise that is there due to that very technique. You can get useable images for sure.
I am not afraid of cranking a 1D4 to ISO 12,800 if I have to or a 5D3 to 25,600 for the same reason. Sure the images have much more noise even with perfect digital exposure, but they are useable and good for the record.
I don't really print, but if I did, I can see the need to shoot a little lower.
Poaching just kills me inside.
Just a stunning moment, Andre, glad you captured it
I never fear pushing the D3s ISO, normally I'm capped at 12,800 but don't mind opening it up if the moment requires.
I recently sold a 2m canvas print to an overseas client and I received a copy too, shot at ISO-2000 and blown up from a 10mp cropped file and it came out AWESOME!!
Thank you Loi, Christopher, Akos, Peter and Morkel.
Will do some Big prints on canvas soon. We have another Fund Raiser early July for the War against Rhino Poaching.
If anyone wants to donate an image for the cause, please contact me or Gabriela.
We will cover the cost of printing.