Originally Posted by
Jonathan Ashton
Thanks Steve, (yes I chuckled), the ISO speed just happened to be 2500, I took images at ISO 400 - 6400, all had relatively low shutter speeds because the light was changing and most frustratingly the light will never actually be on the nest hole due to nearby branches and trees.
I am trying to get the best image quality and fully go along that a noisy sharp one is better than noiseless soft one but having seen the noisy sharp ones I prefer sharp non noisy ones this is why I am doggedly pursuing the chance of getting something in the lower ISO ranges. The owls and owlets do have moments when still and hopefully I will get that shot, the trouble is of course the slightest breeze ruffles the owlets feathers and then everyone will say the image is soft, well quite so - I can't argue. Whilst I will go for the higher ISO speeds - and I have been doing so for the last four years (someone kept nagging me!), I will always try to go for a lower ISO.... but not to the exclusion of higher ISO.
Raw converters I have no axe to grind, I used to love DPP now I prefer ACR but I also have the latest DPP and every now and again I process something there just to see if I can get better results.