random shot. pic-a-day , keep fungus away.
bah , just trying iso1600



and the cropped part for the noise.

EOS 1000D
EFS 18-55 IS @ 55mm
F/5.6
1/6 sec exposure
ISO1600

My Weekend bacl to Ipoh 2


ISO : 200
Shutter Speed : 1/60 sec
Aperture : F2.8



ISO : 200
Shutter Speed : 1/40 sec
Aperture : F2.8



ISO : 250
Shutter Speed : 1/8 sec
Aperture : F2.8

This post has been edited by michael9413: Oct 29 2008, 10:27 AM

Wuiiina...Even with high ISO the picture still good.

Ok, some other pic-a-day



Camera Model: Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF 90-300mm f4.5-5.6 USM
Aperture: f7.1
Shutter Speed: 1/500
ISO: 1600

Any comments?

why the quality worse than compact digital camera ?

on the contrary, its a good practice to expose to the right (of the histogram) ie. overexpose a bit...

noise WILL creep in when underexposed shots are brightened... details will still retain when overexposed shots are darkened...

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Added on October 29, 2008, 11:18 amand by that i do not mean totally blow out the image... just enough to retain all info on the histogram's right side without clipping

This post has been edited by lwliam: Oct 29 2008, 11:18 AM

lots of chromatic abberation (which is very bad), soft, noisy.. need lots of improvement

I ask the question my self also...maybe when I take the pic, I didn't use any mono or tripod and the lightning issue, on that time is rainy day...

and the distance is around 60 meter away from the bird to my shooting place. Anyway, here the picture I taken also from that day..



Camera Model: Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF 90-300mm f4.5-5.6 USM
Aperture: f7.1
Shutter Speed: 1/500
ISO: 1600

This one is original print out from my DSLR

300mm X 1.6 = 480mm
your shutter should be at least 1/480 w/o IS , maybe handshake too much ?

guys..any tips on take pictures for those dripping water???

1. When you taking photo using high ISO, it is important that you over-expose a little (but not causing too much clipping), like what lwliam said.
2. In-camera noise reduction can cause images to become softer.
3. Use steady/comfortable holding position to take the photo so that you causes as little shakes as possible.
3. When you press the shutter, make sure you're not hitting the button like a sudden thrust but gently apply force until the shutter button is invoked.

At the RA3 launch yesterday

Canon EOS 40D
EFS 18-55 IS
F/8
1/80s
ISO-400

i think it's more of a lens limitation there.
even he stopped down to f7.1 the pic is still soft n has CA.
time to upgrage lens ramblie

i found your problem... you are cropping from the edges of the image (where CA is at its worst)... plus, your crop is like 20% of the image.. go figure...

Yeah, I think during that time my hand shake too much...better next time I use tripod....thanks bro for your valuable comment...

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Added on October 29, 2008, 2:13 pm1. Ok, next time I'll try on what you suggest.
2.Ya la...my NR on la...I already set it to off.
3.Yes, next time I'll use tripod for birdie hunting
4.Noted.I do more gently next time

Thanks for your comment buddy

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Added on October 29, 2008, 2:15 pmYeah,already put in my mind bro

And what you suggest of lens on birdie shooting?

This post has been edited by ramblie: Oct 29 2008, 02:15 PM

I dunno but for me, saving the highlights is much more important than the shadow areas especially when shooting outdoors. even if you do get noise in the dark areas after you brighten it. It's usually manageable. and people usually spot highlight clippings rather than shadows. So i find its much more natural and pleasing to the eyes doing it this way.

sampled from my previous pic. Metered so i'd get the sky in. would've been a much blander shot without it.





This post has been edited by ' or 1=1 --: Oct 29 2008, 02:20 PM

Yes, I'm cropping it from the edge since I think this one is the good one

I'll try to figure it out... Thanks for your valuable comment here bro

but actually if you metered for the sky already, then there's no need to do any PS tweaking as the histogram would already show a right side bias around a third of the way, no? see, if u would have over exp-ed a bit on that pic, the sky would have turned out the way like after ur PP is done... well, thats from what i see la..

of coz diff ppl have diff styles of working... jz that i personally feel that exp-ing right is a more sound idea, thats all.... but then again, it depends a lot on what the subject is about too.. as mentioned here http://prolost.blogspot.com/2008/03/exposi...g-to-right.html

paparazu shot bapak ayam again


Camera: Nikon D80
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 135 mm
ISO Speed: 400

This post has been edited by razuryza: Oct 29 2008, 05:35 PM

In my experience, the threshold of shakiness I would handsomely put at 1/200. It's a safe bet that all objects besides a fast moving cars or motorbikes will appear sharp.

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Added on October 29, 2008, 7:22 pm1st is the ISO1600 - It's because of this that your image is really really soft.

This post has been edited by PCcrazy: Oct 29 2008, 07:22 PM

70-200 F2.8L