On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 10:31:07AM -0500, paul stenquist wrote: > > On Nov 23, 2010, at 10:16 AM, Christian Skofteland wrote: > > > On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 05:29:10PM -0500, paul stenquist wrote: > >> Did some shooting at the Johnson Nature Center today. This guy is a tiny > >> squirrel, probably less than a year old and fast as lightening. Got him > >> while he paused on this tree. K5, A 400/5.6 with AF 560 flash and Xtender. > >> ISO 1250, f6.6, 1/800th. Handheld of course. Nice to have a couple extra > >> stops for this lens. > >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11979750&size=lg > >> > >> > > > > Cute little guy. Nice grab. This one seems less noisy than the bird, yet > > it's the same ISO. Weird. > > > Thanks Christian. The bird is cropped to about 70% of frame. The squirrel is > full frame. That accounts for a bit of extra noise. I also may have done > some damage rendering the bird. I'm working on a laptop with a 13 inch screen > while my computer is in the shop. > Paul
Thanks for the reply, Paul. The crop makes a lot of sense with regards to the perceived noise and detail in the bird photo. -- Christian ------------------------------------- http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
