Eager to Learn Spotlight Image Joel Eade for week ending Dec. 23rd, 2011 - Female Northern Cardinal

[Daniel Cadieux]

Congratualtions Joel (again) !!

Backyard setup with feeder and hide.

I did some images this morning in very cloudy, rainy conditions so I decided to experiment with higher than usual ISO settings...

1D3
500mm f/4L + 1.4 TCII
Tripod + Wimberly II
AV mode, evaluative metering, rear focus with center AF point only
ISO 3200
f/8
1/320
580 EXII + Better Beamer -2 2/3 stops

Removed the flash catchlight, converted with ACR then used CS5 for levels and selective color adjustment followed by Topaz Denoise, Nik Color EFX Pro (tonal contrast / detail extractor) then noise reduction on BG and finally a touch of USM.

[Joel Eade]

Thanks Daniel, I was very pleased and surpised how well this came out at iso 3200.

[Harshad Barve]

Congratualtions Joel