High ISO image taken last year.
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ISO 12,800, 400+ 2X, A7r4, F6 .3, 1250th, 50% of full frame
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Wow, that image sure looks terrific for ISO 12,800. Well done!
It sure does – and a 50% crop to boot! I could believe it was ISO 100!! And aside from the technicalities, it’s a wonderfully detailed capture of the subject on a lovely perch against a perfect BG.
Like the other, I could not tell that this was a high ISO image. Well done. Beautiful bird set against a lovely backdrop and an interesting perch. The light is fantastic. I only wish the bird was in a different pose. Would like to see his head lifted with a slight head turn but certainly not a deal breaker. You have wonderful details and the colors are so vibrant.
As the with the others, I find it amazing that this was taken at ISO-12,800, David! You didn’t mention it but I assume you did some noise reduction. Color, exposure and focus are excellent and the level of detail is quite impressive for a high ISO shot. Since you were cropping anyway, and since its pointed to the left, I would think that you could have put the bird a little more on the right side of the frame rather than centered. A pretty impressive shot, just the same!
Yes there was noise reduction. The image was first processed in DxO PhotoLab 5 and then additional noise reduction was added from Topaz De Noise, clear setting. This is my general workflow in any case even with lower noise images. The two programs, DxO and Topaz work very well together. Having a lot of extra pixels on the A7r4 also helps.
Another beautiful high iso image, David. It’s interesting that you can mix those two noise reduction packages. It’s seeming like my problem on high iso images is the noise reduction software getting carried away and destroying detail I want in the image. I’ve been doing a lot of slider tweaking on images to get them presentable.
Love the pose and that is one beautiful warbler. Nice perch too. Details were well maintained with the processing.
Would be interesting to compare the results of DxO Photolab 5 and then Topaz Denoise vs. my normal workflow with LR (where I rarely do any NR) then Topaz. This image has stunning detail for that ISO.