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Description

The sun was just starting clear the trees on the Back River Old Lyme CT, on Oct 28 at 7:21 AM and had not yet reach the Great Blue Heron. When I started to frame up on the Blue, Canon’s ISO started to flashing at 12K, so I changed the shutter to 1/250 & the EV to +2.3, the ISO never stopped flashing. At that point, I said what the heck and fired off a couple frames.

Specific Feedback

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Technical Details

Canon R5, Canon 100-500mm, & 1.4Ext, f10, 700mm, 1/250, +EV 2.3, ISO 12,000. The shot was cropped by 60% and I adjusted saturation on the Heron and reeds in DXO PhotoLab 7.

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The leeway we have with the available dynamic range in today’s cameras is wonderful, Peter. And obviously the software helps a lot with things like noise. Your final result is quite good, despite the difficulties you encountered.

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I like this, Peter. Good detail in the heron and the colors in the grass add a lot to the image. A nice environmental shot.

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Nice save! I’ve never pushed my ISO that far but should experiment. Looks like focus fell on the reeds, but maybe you didn’t have a choice. If you’re on a tripod, you should be able to nail focus on a small subject with the point focus mode.

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Nice environment shown but I agree with Diane that critical focus seems to be on the reeds. Still, the overall effect is pleasing to view.

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HI Dennis, Allen Brooks, Diane & Allen Sparks
Thank you for your comments. This was one of those, let’s see what happens shot.
(this is hand held - I really cary tripod with me)
Peter