Yellow Crowned Night Heron ISO-8000

[Juan Tolentino]

After I saw some nice images here with high ISO and since today was an overcast afternoon (and after reading Steve Kaluski's thread using high ISO's http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...-at-51-200-Iso ) I decided to give it a try. Please let me know what you think. Nikon D500 Handheld and AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm 1-5.6E ED VR

ISO 8000
f5.6
1/1250
500mm
Manual Mode
Processed on LR and PS. Neat Image noise reduction.
Full Frame


All C & C's will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for looking

JT

[John Mack]

This looks pretty good for such a high ISO. Really like the pose and background.

[gail bisson]

IQ and NR look excellent!
I really like the "wet look" and the trailing head feather.
Perfect comp for the head angle you got.
I can really get a sense of how dark it was judging by the dilated pupil!
I might try a version with the green in the upper BG desaturated a bit.
Lovely!
Gail

[Alex Becker]

Hey Juan, IQ looks great as does the PP here. I also really like the trailing head feather. These really are fun birds to photograph and often are tucked away where higher ISOs are required. I've been pretty happy with the D500 at higher ISOs and have been feeling more and more comfortable pushing it, I have a couple shots around 14k full frame that have come out clean, although definitely not every shot that high. I agree that desaturating the BG a tad would help. TFS

[Joseph Przybyla]

Hi Juan, looks good. Love the wet feathers, also as Gail noted the dilated pupil indicates how dark it was. The key is not having to lighten the image in post processing. Thank you for sharing.

[William Dickson]

Very nice portrait, lovely coloured BG. Nice feather detail and a lovely HA.

Will

[Daniel Cadieux]

Looks good to me too, lots of good fine detail. I love the slight "grin" directly below the eye. I do find the heron a tad low in the frame.