Tidewater
Leading Member
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Black Skimmer
Just a little work done on the jpegs. Poor light but on the flight path so there is some detail. Held Iso down and boosted in PP.
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Low light evening near misses
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Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Black Skimmer
Just a little work done on the jpegs. Poor light but on the flight path so there is some detail. Held Iso down and boosted in PP.
Iain280407
Well-known member
Hi,
Nice shots. I like the composition on 2 & 3 (especially 2). Unfortunately, they seem to have suffered with the bad light and are quite grainy. You might be able to clean them a bit more but risk losing detail.
I have a similar issue with a picture I got of a Great White Shark snacking on a seal, in very poor light (just before daybreak), it's still usable but for small prints or at a distance.
cheers,
Iain
Nice shots. I like the composition on 2 & 3 (especially 2). Unfortunately, they seem to have suffered with the bad light and are quite grainy. You might be able to clean them a bit more but risk losing detail.
I have a similar issue with a picture I got of a Great White Shark snacking on a seal, in very poor light (just before daybreak), it's still usable but for small prints or at a distance.
cheers,
Iain
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Tidewater
Leading Member
Yours shark was at ISO 3200 vs only 400 for my old D200. That skimmer was only a few yards away so I was hoping it would not need much cropping and then the re-sizing would make it too small to show the noise. I may try to clean it up in LR4 but probably not worth it. Would be interested if anyone knows best way to size photos for this website.
I assume there would have been less noise if I exposed to the right but of course then it would have been quite blurry. I normally don't have to worry about bright sunshine here in the South..
Thanks and that shark is still a once in a lifetime shot that you are lucky to have.
I assume there would have been less noise if I exposed to the right but of course then it would have been quite blurry. I normally don't have to worry about bright sunshine here in the South..
Thanks and that shark is still a once in a lifetime shot that you are lucky to have.
Iain280407
Well-known member
I've had a very quick go at reducing the noise in my favourite image of yours. I did notice that the jpg file is very small, which may account for a lot of the loss of image quality.
Like I said, I love the composition of this shot so if you have the raw file, or a larger jpg, you can probably get a better result than I have. You certainly should not have that much noise at ISO 400.
I hope to go back and get more shark pictures one day, but you are right, it is a shot in a lifetime and I love it despite the relatively poor image quality.
Regards,
Iain
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