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[Russell Ellis]

Hi

A red grouse shot from January .... taken in near darkness lol .... so ISO was cranked up resulting in quite a noisy image ... this is the best I could do with it ....

Image taken on: Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:10
Focal length: 420 mm
Shutter speed: 1/320 sec
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO speed: 3200
White-balance: Auto
Flash: No
Camera make: NIKON CORPORATION
Camera model: D7000
Lens: 300.0 mm f/4.0
Exposure mode: Manual
Exposure compensation: 0 EV
Metering mode: Pattern

[stan]

Its one more red grouse than i have got.
Looks like the camera performs quite well at higher ISO, the background is a bit noisy but it can bew sorted with some noise reduction

Stan

[Steve Tucker]

If you dont have any noise reduction software Russell its worth taking a look at Topaz Denoise 5. They do a trial on a full working copy for 14 days which gives you
plenty of time to work some real images. I was impressed enough to buy it its also very simple to use.

[Russell Ellis]

cool, I usually use the noise reduction with LR3 but not sure if you can selectively apply it .... I need to look into it a bit .... but to be honest if the image is too noisy I normally scrap it.

[Austin Thomas]

Noise issue aside Russell, that is a good image. I like the eye contact and the out of focus foreground.

Maybe crop a touch off the right hand side and left hand side to tighten it up a touch. That would be my personal preference.

Cheers

Austin

[Lawson]

I like the image, with the head popping up above the heather.

[black rat]

Looks like there is a nice mix of colours, water droplets and the grouse with a head turn. So close, shame the light ran out on you...Basil....