Archive 2016 · Harry the Hawk at ISO 25,600

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Before you guys tear me apart on this one note the ISO-

Canon EOS-1D X Mark II
EF400mm f/4 DO IS II USM
ƒ/7.1 400.0 mm 1/1000 25600 Flash (off, did not fire)

Despite the bright appearing background the Sun had already dropped behind the ridge. I set the
shutter and aperture like I would normally trying for BIF and let the ISO do its own thing.
Maybe it belongs in another thread, the experimental one ?

ISO 25,600 by MedicineMan4040, on Flickr

Oct 24, 2016 at 07:31 AM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Harry the Hawk at ISO 25,600

Great image, Robert! I did notice the presence of noise there but it is not bothersome; it looks more like film grain and not chroma-noise. And the details in the feather are good. I assume that you didn't run any noise reduction process, right?

Joshua

Oct 24, 2016 at 08:23 AM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Harry the Hawk at ISO 25,600

MedicineMan404 ---

I see the above image and your 'exif' data with it and it's beyond STUNNING!!

I bought a Nikon D3s a couple years ago and thought it's 'available darkness' performance would be the one to beat until we had weekend trips to a resort on Mars (the planet).

Really a shock to think what science is doing with photography the last 10 years, or so! Can you even imagine how Daguerre (sic) or Ansel or 'Weegee' would react to the stats on your bird shot above?!!

Thanks for posting, sir!

--- DonM2

Oct 24, 2016 at 08:31 AM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Harry the Hawk at ISO 25,600

Joshua I cannot lie

I duplicated the layer.
Denoised the whole image
Made a mask, brushed out the RTH revealing
hopefully the un-denoised hawk below.
I tried denoising the whole image and lost all
feather detail. Me preferring 'grainy' feathers but
still defined feathers.

Oct 24, 2016 at 01:47 PM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Harry the Hawk at ISO 25,600

this is quite a moment you caught Robert. The RTH appears to be looking at you

Morris

Oct 24, 2016 at 05:05 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Harry the Hawk at ISO 25,600

Great looking RTH, especially so considering the ISO.

Oct 24, 2016 at 05:26 PM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Harry the Hawk at ISO 25,600

Thanks everyone.
Yes Reko the ISO was over the top!
Morris he probably was. This hawk and his Mrs. are the ones I began feeding last winter hoping to keep them from killing my little birds that visit the bird studio out back. At one point this spring--after fledging--we had 3 hawks out back eating squirrel, chipmunk, and of course chicken (antibiotic free).

Oct 24, 2016 at 08:20 PM


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