Blackbird at 32k

[Andreas Liedmann]

• Adobe Photoshop 2025 Macintosh

Hi folks ... a second image from yesterdays outing with the latest gimmick
Same location ... just a bit down the perch .
Slightly different grading of color .... SLIGHTLY .

Canon EOS R1
RF 400 2,8 IS L + 2x TC
HH

F 5,6 ; Iso 32.000 ; 1/ 800 sec

Processed with ACR and PSCC 2025 beta ; slight crop from LHS and a touch of clean up on the perch

THX for watching and commenting to my previous postings

Cheers Andreas

 

[Jonathan Ashton]

Very nice indeed very clean well detailed and I really like the colours. Your gimmick is working from my perspective!
I appreciate I am preaching to the converted here but I think the main point to be concerned over in exposure is not so much the ISO but the amount of positive EV in order to gain the maxmium signal:noise ratio.

The only minor reservation I have is the diagonal non mossy log.

 

[Kurt_Horne]

Envious of the clarity you achieved with that ISO. I've begun using auto ISO a lot (in dynamic light situations) but find I keep dialing back the max as many images I come back with on cloudy days in forested areas go to the max I set and look like sand

 

[Jonathan Ashton]

Envious of the clarity you achieved with that ISO. I've begun using auto ISO a lot (in dynamic light situations) but find I keep dialing back the max as many images I come back with on cloudy days in forested areas go to the max I set and look like sand

Kurt, if you are exposing your images to the max - not beyond that is fine just correct for visual presentation in LR/ACR etc. I used Auto ISO for years but you have to remember that Auto is not necessarily "right", it is best to bare in mind the overall exposure and when doing so check the subject is well exposed. Ideally you expose for the subject using +/_ EV, if this means part of the background - say a bit of sky is over exposed quickly assess is it a big deal - can this be easily remedied.... hope this helps.

 

[Dave Goldberg]

Amazing quality given the high ISO! Just curious, what is the new gimmick?

 

[Andreas Liedmann]

Amazing quality given the high ISO! Just curious, what is the new gimmick?

The camera ....

 

[Andreas Liedmann]

Envious of the clarity you achieved with that ISO. I've begun using auto ISO a lot (in dynamic light situations) but find I keep dialing back the max as many images I come back with on cloudy days in forested areas go to the max I set and look like sand

THX Kurt ...
well all a question of used Kit , shooting technique in terms of exposure and editing to achieve some good results in the end.
Expose to the right without clipping ( or just marginal ) ... then use the right tools ( NR ) without overdoing things . And use a gentle processing approach .
BTW i do shoot Auto Iso in 90 % of my shootings ... and do compensate +/- on the fly via thumb wheel to get the best possible exposure from my POV . Not saying that it is all the time perfect , specially not in changing light conditions and/or when fast action is happening . IN this case I am very often too slow with my brain and thumb .... to correct the exposure if necessary .

Hope this helps

Cheers Andreas

 

[Kurt_Horne]

Kurt, if you are exposing your images to the max - not beyond that is fine just correct for visual presentation in LR/ACR etc. I used Auto ISO for years but you have to remember that Auto is not necessarily "right", it is best to bare in mind the overall exposure and when doing so check the subject is well exposed. Ideally you expose for the subject using +/_ EV, if this means part of the background - say a bit of sky is over exposed quickly assess is it a big deal - can this be easily remedied.... hope this helps.

Thanks Jonathan, using a mirrorless I always have my histogram up in the view finder. I used to expose to the near right edge all the time but was often finding whites blown out so started dialing that practice back a little as I couldn't recover those blowouts in post and sometimes lost what would have otherwise bene good images.

When you say exposing using +/- EV I'm assuming you mean adjust one or more of the shutter, aperture, or ISO variable manipulations not the EV dial on the camera? That's always been something I've wondered (never used the EV dial).

Always been a bit of challenge for me in forest situations, especially in sunny days. Subjects are often quite shadowed so when exposing for them, any sky peak throughs look like terrible spotlights shining in. Probably an issue better solved with process masking but I find those tools tedious and have not pushed myself to use them.

 

[Kurt_Horne]

THX Kurt ...
well all a question of used Kit , shooting technique in terms of exposure and editing to achieve some good results in the end.
Expose to the right without clipping ( or just marginal ) ... then use the right tools ( NR ) without overdoing things . And use a gentle processing approach .
BTW i do shoot Auto Iso in 90 % of my shootings ... and do compensate +/- on the fly via thumb wheel to get the best possible exposure from my POV . Not saying that it is all the time perfect , specially not in changing light conditions and/or when fast action is happening . IN this case I am very often too slow with my brain and thumb .... to correct the exposure if necessary .

Hope this helps

Cheers Andreas

Thanks Andreas, I resemble the "too slow with my brain and thumb" comment