Trying out my new Sony A700 with my Sigma 50-500 lens. This was from JN "Ding Darling" today. Data=f/6.3, 1/200, 0ev, ISO 800, 500mm. Seemed to get noisier when compressed for posting. Thanks for looking, John
John, not bad it is a tad soft due to slow shutter with long focal lens 200/500,..500/500 is a good starting point in a perfect world (assume HH as well). I am a Canon guy and do not run my ISO over 400, if I do the image quality suffers. I know nothing about Sony's but make sure it supports that range of ISO. Might run noise reduction on the BG as well. How does histogram look, I wonder if it is a tad over exposed (see darks are blocked under eyes - might try S&H) and when you lightened up the exposure this will introduce noise as well. Neat looking nature shot, love the big eyes and face expression, thanks for sharing.
Last edited by Jeff Cashdollar; 10-24-2009 at 09:40 PM.
Good points made by Jeff above!! Does seem a tad soft - you could selectively sharpen the eyes a bit - this will have the added benefit of making the whole image appear sharper - Some NR on the background will also help.
Like the pose and the eye contact.
Good show :)
This is a sweet capture John, I like the expression on the little guy's face...very good advise given by Mr. Cashdollar and Mr. Peters. I would recommend cloning out the two vertical leaves touching his head on the right hand side...looking forward to your next one...:cool:
Love the expression, like how it had its hand on the mouth, very cute. By the way is this a heavy crop? More crop will show more noise. For me, I don't mind bumping up the ISO if it helps in getting a faster shutter speed for a sharp picture. But remember that higher ISO = more noise, so use it only when necessary. Also try to expose so histogram shift to the right, lighten up image show more noise than darken an image (but not so much that an image is overexpose).
John: Glad to hear about the A-700 (like a big surprise!) I think you tried to get away with too slow a shutter speed, and you might not have set your AF on "spot" and focused only on the eyes. Indeed, generally the higher the ISO, the more noise, but even if you are able to avoid noise at higher ISOs you will get less detail. Sorry, noise ain't the only downside. Shifting to the right, and trying not to severely blow the whites, as mentioned, is the key to reducing noise, and even though the image may very well look washed out on your camera LCD, in ACR using the recovery slider/exposure slider/and Tone Curve(light and highlight sliders) you may be be able to bring the exposure down without those nasty halos you see in PS itself(using shadow highlight). The basic principle is underexposure/ lighten=noise. overexposure/darken=much less noise. The other basic principle is to try to shoot in soft light, or light that is made diffuse by cloud cover. Harsh light, or direct sunlight, is very high contrast,and overexposure leeway is almost nonexistant. It doesn't take much to blow the whites, and I mean really blown where recovery or anything else will not work.
Your next lens? regards~Bill
Last edited by WIlliam Maroldo; 10-25-2009 at 04:26 PM.
Image wise would like seeing the raccoon move a little left so it has more room in the direction he is looking at !! btw any softness here should be due to the slow shutter speed !!! All you can do is go wide open, increase ISO and make sure there is no underexposure !!!
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