I was going through some photos I took in July when I stumbled across this one. This direct from the raw file without an post. When I noticed the EXIF data: ISO 8000, 1/1000, Tamron 150-600@600. My camera is a D7500.
I must have been playing with auto-iso because I'd never go above 1000 before sunset.
I was in forested area with a open field behind the birds.
Why is this nearly perfect - I'll frame in post and why is there almost no grain at all?
If you do the double download, you'll see plenty of grain...
Yep, I agree. And that observation speaks to the question, "What is important in a photograph?" (each photographer must answer that question for themselves.) Without pixel peeping, I find this to be a very engaging image!
I was going through some photos I took in July when I stumbled across this one. This direct from the raw file without an post. When I noticed the EXIF data: ISO 8000, 1/1000, Tamron 150-600@600. My camera is a D7500.
I must have been playing with auto-iso because I'd never go above 1000 before sunset.
I was in forested area with a open field behind the birds.
Why is this nearly perfect - I'll frame in post and why is there almost no grain at all?
Where is the grain? Well this is one of the noisiest/graniest images I have ever seen!
Yep, I agree. And that observation speaks to the question, "What is important in a photograph?" (each photographer must answer that question for themselves.) Without pixel peeping, I find this to be a very engaging image!
I was going through some photos I took in July when I stumbled across this one. This direct from the raw file without an post. When I noticed the EXIF data: ISO 8000, 1/1000, Tamron 150-600@600. My camera is a D7500.
I must have been playing with auto-iso because I'd never go above 1000 before sunset.
I was in forested area with a open field behind the birds.
Why is this nearly perfect - I'll frame in post and why is there almost no grain at all?
Plenty of grain at 100%. Shallow DOF doesn't really make it perfect. Must have some auto PP to convert pic for posting. If it were me I could not have resisted doing a full PP job on it.
I have done a full pp. it wasn’t appropriate for this discussion. I know there is grain at full size, but not much on screen size.
If you plan on printing it bigger than say 8x10, I'd be concerned. For the internet /social medias like FB, Instagram etc., I wouldn't be that concerned.
It's a beautiful image when seen at this size. Granted there's noise when enlarged. I'm not sure I'd like the noise in a print, but on the screen it's OK.
Yep, I agree. And that observation speaks to the question, "What is important in a photograph?" (each photographer must answer that question for themselves.) Without pixel peeping, I find this to be a very engaging image!
A little bit of post, a crop to center it, a little noise removal, and ISO 8000 makes a pretty good photo. If you asked me last week, I would have said impossible. It's good to be wrong sometimes and this old dog has learned a new trick. Thanks everyone.