Heading to evening drink
Dear All
This image made with D300 , 600mm, ISO 200, 1/200, at F4 ,beanbag
Most of the times I get suggation of boosting ISO , is it 1/200 not good enough, I got some nice sharp images at 1/25 , Boosting ISO kills IQ someway
All C & C are most welcome and much appreciated
Harshad
ps , I love that ISO 100/200
What a beautiful animal Harshadbhai,
I like the capture of this majestic cat. He has style and grace...well done...:cool:
I also prefer to shoot at ISO100/200 as much as possible but of course, with wildlife that isn't always the case.
Image quality here is excellent and I like the colours. For such a magnificent predator, it is a peaceful image.
Did you get any of the tiger drinking with the reflection? I haven't been online for a while so if you have already posted these, sorry.
I think I have , will dig out and post tomorrowOriginally Posted by Hilary Hann
Hi Harshad - Nothing wrong with 200ISO as long as you are getting a fast enough shutter speed - The general guideline is that you want 1 over the focal length as a minimum - this is just to ensure your shots are sharp and not soft due to camera shake/poor technique.
That said I often use my 800mm at 1/60th (NO IS in this lens either) - really comes down to how good your long lens technique is and how well you know your equipment and your own capabilities.
As for losing IQ with a higher ISO - yes probably do loose a tad of IQ - but a sharp image albeit with a little less IQ is maybe better than a soft image.
This is lovely and I have no problems with the techs - your technique is GOOD!!!
If you can get sharp image at low ISO then there is no need to raise it. Higher ISO have more noise and lower DR, but don't be afraid to raise it if it will get you image that you want. I prefer noise over blur image, unless it's an intentional blur.
Another beautiful tiger image by you. Love the sharpness, the details, and the walking pose. I also like how you include the lake in the frame as well, it tell a story to me.
Like the pose and the habitat Harshad. You are so lucky to be able to photograph these lovely animals. Think you could have boosted the ISO to 400, I always hate to go above that with the prosumer bodies. If it is well exposed you chouldn't lose to much IQ, just should do some NR on the BG.
Image is sharp at that shutter speed, no question !! I get nervous and usually want a little safety cushion, with the D300 don't think you will find image degradation with slightly higher ISO
One thing to caution all is that perfect holding technique is need as Harshad demonstrated and it doesn't happen by accident !!!
Alfred, what in your view is a perfect holding technique? We have just purchased a shoulder brace to help with hand held panning with the longer lenses but I haven't used it yet so don't know whether it will help.
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