Wow, 1600 on a Nikon and that's all? Glad I bought one!
On 9/24/11 11:14 PM, Cap'n Jimmy wrote:
At 6:03 AM -0400 9/24/11, John Palcewski wrote:
Jim Snarski - Industrious Seems to me the major flaw with the image
is the overall soft focus. Somehow I expect that at least the bee
ought to be sharper, as well as at least some of the flowers. The
great detail of the caption is really of more interest than the
picture itself.
maybe it's just me but the central Penstemon flower looks pretty
sharp...the rest is a result of the way the D300 handles high ISO (see
Cunningham comment below)...and frankly, I'm more interested in the
story the photo has to tell and the composition and color of the
image...as for the caption, that sort of research is just fun for me,
not to mention the chance to pick up a little knowledge...
At 8:35 AM -0700 9/24/11, Marilyn wrote:
Jim Snarski
Industrious: I appreciate the information with this photograph, and
the picture is good. I think I might like it as a vertical more than
a square, though. Still - well done.
I only had time for 3 shots before the bee vanished...usually I
try and mix verticals with horizontals but there just wasn't the
opportunity...nature photography is often a matter of expediency...
At 6:45 PM +0300 9/24/11, Trevor Cunningham wrote:
Jim Snarski - Industrious
Great catch, as usual. While I like the narrow depth of field, I find
the background a little heavy on the pixel noise.
I'm surprised there isn't more noise...the day was overcast and
somewhat fog bound...this was in a heavily forested area so light
level was pretty low...the D300 auto ISO function chose ISO 1600 for
this photo under these conditions...I use auto ISO a lot in the field
because it allows me to get shots that normally wouldn't
happen...having said that, one of the criticisms of the D300 is it
uses way too much noise reduction at the higher ISOs to smooth out
noise at the expense of sharpness...if that's the price of having auto
ISO available to me, I'll gladly pay it...
my deepest gratitude to you who have commented so far...one of
the inestimable values of this list is the chance to share our
thoughts with each other about a subject we are so passionate
about...I'm forever interested in how others perceive my work and
always willing to learn from their observations...
Jim
Baja Oregon
