Flight in last light and high ISO (BCNH)

[arash_hazeghi]

This is a juvenile black crowned night heron, a good number of them reside in the PA baylands but they rarely come out after sunrise/before sunset. I got this photos right before sunset when the sky was already dark. Background is water.

The exceptional high ISO capabilities of 5D2 made it possible to capture this image with lots of fine details. I hope you like it



5D2 700mm f/5.6 1/2000 sec ISO 3200

[Stu Bowie]

Sweet, sweet light Arash, especially on the head and eye. Good flying posture, and certainly oodles of detail. Well captured.

[Ofer Levy]

Looks pretty amazingly clean for iso 3200!! :eek:

[Duane Noblick]

I agree...excellent light, great detaill, I like the wing position. Great capture.

[gail bisson]

Arash,
You never cease to amaze me with your PP skills. The light is superb as are the details. What do you do for your NR?
Gail

[Chris Baker]

Very nice Arash, details and lack of noise amazing considering the ISO used. If it's not giving away trade secrets I too would like to know your NR methods. TFS

[Karl Egressy]

Nice down wing position. The light you still had looks great on the head, which is nice and sharp.
Great shot, Arash.

[Melissa Groo]

This certainly encourages me to try a higher ISO on my 5d2. Outstanding image as usual, Arash. Awesome wing position, detail, and sweet light.

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Arash! I like the lighting, details and wing position.

[Bill Dix]

Beautiful image, Arash. Great wing position, superb detail and light. Amazing at 3200. Like Chris, I'd also be interested in knowing what your NR protocol was, and did you use any on the wings?

[Satish Ranadive]

Splendid image.Beautiful lights and lovely details.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Arash, awesome shot...the light, IQ, wing position...huge WOW.

BTW, what picture style do you prefer for warm sunset light? neutral?

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Excellent Detail and clean high ISO with no noise. I love the colours, sharp eye and wing pose .

[arash_hazeghi]

Thank you all for nice comments, I did apply NR to the bird. I have a rather involved NR procedure that is a bit lengthy for a forum post but soon I will put together something in the form of a short guide so everyone can try this method.

Kaustubh I always use "standard" PS for conversion.

Thanks for the feedback much appreciated.

[Nico Steenberg]

Great sharp detail and IQ. Like the in flight poseand light. Subject is well exposed with good natural colours. Well done !