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palmor · 11:11 AM

I took a quick 10min break from work to shoot some of the birds outside the window at the house today (On a side note we now have a regular North Flicker which is kind of cool in a geeky bird watcher kind of way).

Anyway it is a dreary, snow/rain/sleety day here so I had to use ISO 1600, which doesn't scare me at all with the K20

This has better composition then the other... no branches in the way. This is cropped maybe 30% or so

John

Pentax K20D ,Pentax smc DA* 300mm f/4 ED (IF) SDM
1/100s f/5.6 at 450.0mm iso1600 with Kenko 1.5xTC

Igilligan · 01-07-2009, 11:15 AM

Oh wow... what a great shot. ISO 1600 and still those beautiful colors...

The lens dont seem so bad either!

Love this shot.

Hey Elwood · 01-07-2009, 11:17 AM

Fantastic shot. The red of the cardinal is composed fantasticly with the green backdrop.

scott-devon · 01-07-2009, 11:35 AM

Beautiful shot, love the colours.

roentarre · 01-07-2009, 02:12 PM

I seriously cannot believe the quality of ISO 1600

I guess the lighting environment allows more proper exposure of the image and subject and their colours are red-green complimentary to each other with similar intensity. Good shot!

gawan · 01-07-2009, 02:30 PM

I am impressed with that high ISO quality!

jeffkpotter · 01-07-2009, 02:45 PM

Wow, that is postcard/calendar perfect!

borno · 01-07-2009, 02:54 PM

That's one for the wall, very nice Cardinal

JMR · 01-07-2009, 03:26 PM

That's amazing for ISO 1600 and cropped 30%. But of course, we must not forget the photographer. Well done. I see that Gus is hankering to get his K20D back! You have to stop posting or you will drive me to move next to a ravine or something.

JMR

palmor · 01-07-2009, 09:56 PM

Hi everyone,
Thanks for all the comments!

John

Jewelltrail · 01-07-2009, 11:51 PM

A simply beautiful shot. It is not just noise which is troublesome in higher ISO images, it is picture degradation as well. I can not see either of those in this shot.

axl · 01-08-2009, 03:59 AM

great shot, especialy considering the ISO used...

Class A · 01-08-2009, 04:04 AM

You did everything to ruin the image (teleconverter, high ISO, cropping) but it still comes out fantastic!

Congrats!!

palmor · 01-29-2009, 04:31 PM

Originally posted by Class A

You did everything to ruin the image (teleconverter, high ISO, cropping) but it still comes out fantastic!

Congrats!!

It is funny that you has said this. For kicks I decided to enter this in the PPG and it actually got approved. You have no idea how long it has been since I've had anything approved there (for example, every single one of the photos I submitted from my Alaska trip got rejected lol).

John

roentarre · 01-29-2009, 07:00 PM

Seriously, this is incredible quality at this ISO. I do not share the same experience you have here and I wonder whether you compensates the exposure with some sort of positive white balance?

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Igilligan Guest	Oh wow... what a great shot. ISO 1600 and still those beautiful colors... The lens dont seem so bad either! Love this shot.

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Hey Elwood Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Highland, MI Posts: 336	Fantastic shot. The red of the cardinal is composed fantasticly with the green backdrop.

01-07-2009, 11:35 AM	#4
scott-devon Inactive Account Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Alberta Posts: 2,140	Beautiful shot, love the colours.

01-07-2009, 02:12 PM	#5
roentarre Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 11,783	I seriously cannot believe the quality of ISO 1600 I guess the lighting environment allows more proper exposure of the image and subject and their colours are red-green complimentary to each other with similar intensity. Good shot!

01-07-2009, 02:30 PM	#6
gawan Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Helsinki Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,400	I am impressed with that high ISO quality!

01-07-2009, 02:45 PM	#7
jeffkpotter Guest	Wow, that is postcard/calendar perfect!

01-07-2009, 02:54 PM	#8
borno Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: md-usa Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,580	That's one for the wall, very nice Cardinal

01-07-2009, 03:26 PM	#9
JMR Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 3,332	That's amazing for ISO 1600 and cropped 30%. But of course, we must not forget the photographer. Well done. I see that Gus is hankering to get his K20D back! You have to stop posting or you will drive me to move next to a ravine or something. JMR

01-07-2009, 09:56 PM	#10
palmor Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: North of Boston, MA Posts: 798 Original Poster	Hi everyone, Thanks for all the comments! John

01-07-2009, 11:51 PM	#11
Jewelltrail Veteran Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Rhode Island Photos: Albums Posts: 4,180	A simply beautiful shot. It is not just noise which is troublesome in higher ISO images, it is picture degradation as well. I can not see either of those in this shot.

01-08-2009, 03:59 AM	#12
axl Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Nove Zamky, Slovakia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 7,183	great shot, especialy considering the ISO used...

01-08-2009, 04:04 AM	#13
Class A Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Wellington, New Zealand Posts: 11,251	You did everything to ruin the image (teleconverter, high ISO, cropping) but it still comes out fantastic! Congrats!!

01-29-2009, 04:31 PM	#14
palmor Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: North of Boston, MA Posts: 798 Original Poster	Originally posted by Class A You did everything to ruin the image (teleconverter, high ISO, cropping) but it still comes out fantastic! Congrats!! It is funny that you has said this. For kicks I decided to enter this in the PPG and it actually got approved. You have no idea how long it has been since I've had anything approved there (for example, every single one of the photos I submitted from my Alaska trip got rejected lol). John

01-29-2009, 07:00 PM	#15
roentarre Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 11,783	Seriously, this is incredible quality at this ISO. I do not share the same experience you have here and I wonder whether you compensates the exposure with some sort of positive white balance?

I love a usable ISO 1600: Northern Cardinal (I know another one)

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