Mountain Gorilla @ ISO 12,800
Posted 16/01/2011 - 18:29
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Shows off well the ISO Noise reduction in the K-5. I feel that with B/W you got more potential in the higher ISO, plus I still love B/W anyway. Well done.
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SmutjeUK
It's nice to be nice!
Pentax K-5 with D-GB4 Grip, to many lenses to mention by now (serious LBA by now), TC's, Lowepro Slingshot 300 AW, Manfrotto 028 & Redsnapper RS-283 with various Heads plus various Camera Clamps (I collect them). Pentax AF 360FGZ, Pentax AF 240FT, several Metz 45 CT-1 & 5 with stands and 'Blow Up' Soft Boxes, Flash Triggers, and various Macro gear.
Posted 16/01/2011 - 20:46
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Thanks Smutje - interesting comments re. B&W.
Pentaxophile ... I'm sure the K5 can do much better than these. I do believe that if I had shot at 25,600 then there would have been less noise than resurrecting these under-exposed shots (yes EV was boosted quite a lot in PP - contributing to the noise and softness). I thought it an interesting test to see what could be saved at 12,800 from under-exposed shots though. These are obviously not keepers / printers !
Comments appreciated !
Pentaxophile ... I'm sure the K5 can do much better than these. I do believe that if I had shot at 25,600 then there would have been less noise than resurrecting these under-exposed shots (yes EV was boosted quite a lot in PP - contributing to the noise and softness). I thought it an interesting test to see what could be saved at 12,800 from under-exposed shots though. These are obviously not keepers / printers !
Comments appreciated !
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Mountain Gorilla. Shot on a cold, grey day. Gorilla was inside with very little light at all - a little natural light coming in from a window on the left as we look at the gorilla but it was very dark even for humans - everyone else gave up trying to take photos (we were shooting through glass and the gorilla was too far away for the on-camera flashes to reach him). About 15M (50 feet) away. These shots came out very dark - I should have been shooting at 25,600 or even 51,200.
[IMG]http://frogfish.smugmug.com/Other/High-ISO-12800-51200/IMGP8109/1158356820_dDsBP-XL.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://frogfish.smugmug.com/Other/High-ISO-12800-51200/Gorilla-1/1150055399_aPqzG-XL.jpg[/IMG]
Does converting it to B/W make it better or worse ?
[IMG]http://frogfish.smugmug.com/Other/High-ISO-12800-51200/Gorilla-1/1150050278_rdwsD-XL.jpg[/IMG]
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