A better photo of the same owl.

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Oleg Volk

The photo was taken around 1130am, yet required ISO1250 due to the low light area where the owl was located.

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8 Responses to A better photo of the same owl.

  1. Jeff says:
    April 21, 2016 at 7:50 pm

    Extra like!

  2. Lyle says:
    April 21, 2016 at 11:18 pm

    Nice! You have some pretty psychedelic owls over there.

  3. BF Caffrey says:
    April 22, 2016 at 6:59 am

    Nice shot.
    ISO 1250 – that’s pushing things to the fast side. That’s one real advantage of a digital camera too.

    My question is did you manually set the aperture or let the camera do it? Most of the time, even with digital cams (that I’ve used, not DSLRs) getting beyond ISO 800 starts getting grainy.

    • Oleg Volk says:
      April 22, 2016 at 11:49 am

      I set it in manual mode (1/500s f5) but with auto ISO and. Sony A7R gets pretty grainy past 800, but it’s a mirrorless body with the option to focus zoomed in. I couldn’t have got that image with my Canon DSLR due to mirror vibration and general imprecision of focusing. I getting seriously disappointed in DSLRs, specifically Canons as I am more familiar with them.

      • C Trumbore says:
        April 22, 2016 at 11:03 pm

        What lens? I’ve found my canon is more reliant on good glass for high iso shots. My 500mm is not great, but it’s okay, but was only a 4 digit price tag, and when I got the chance to use an L series 5 digit price tag one, the difference was remarkable in clarity, even at higher iso ranges.

  4. BF Caffrey says:
    April 22, 2016 at 12:33 pm

    Personally, I’m amazed at anything beyond ISO 1000.
    I remember in the 70s when ISO 1000 was “specialty” film that had to be ordered weeks ahead of time (a friend was a photographer). He used it for a nighttime wedding along the coast and managed some very good results. Touchy stuff though, with a narrow window of exposure tolerance. Get it wrong and it was either grainy or you’d get a light bloom that ruined the photo.

  5. LarryArnold says:
    April 23, 2016 at 1:36 am

    Wow.

    Woe be unto any mice in the AO.

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