Had to post this, because it should never have worked - but it did. This was shot yesterday at a local zoo. The room this lioness is in is where they go to rest. Picture a dark bedroom - lights off, and shades drawn. There was a tiny bit of artificial light from above (fluorescent I think), and a tiny bit of daylight mixed in - but very little of either. As if that wasn't bad enough, there was murky, dirty glass to shoot through. I used my D700 with 70-300 VR wide open, ISO 3200 at 1/25s hand-held. Yep, that VR really works.
This is with a lowly D90 at ISO 1600, but I was pretty happy with how they turned out. Redd Volkaert, one of the world's best tele players, at the Continental Club in Austin:
R. Francois wrote:
a bit OT. but watch this vid. Damn he's cool
Yes indeed, that's some playing! A friend of mine plays the tele professionally, and he used to talk about Red often. He said Red may be the best ever on the tele. I don't know, but he's sure damn good!
