70D No NR High ISO Pied Wagtails

Paul Iddon

High ISO birds:

Spotted 2 Pied Wagtails (and one other interested party) around the local watering hole (that is, the big potholes in the street outside of the house!)

The afternoon had gone very dull, rain was on its way and the wind was starting to get up a bit more. The light was poor so I put the 70D into Auto ISO, dialled in Av to F/6.3 and let the camera do the rest.

The resulting images have no noise reduction done on them at all, nor I have I sharpened them up much - just for resizing for the web, but I may re-edit later using NR software and some high pass sharpening to see how much more can be teased out.

All taken hand-held with the Sigma 150-500 OS HSM, at F/6.3, but I have also put the shutter speed and ISO above the images showing the different exposures for reference.


1/800 sec, f/6.3, ISO 1600


1/800 sec, f/6.3, ISO 2000




1/640 sec, f/6.3, ISO 2000


1/800 sec, f/6.3, ISO 3200




1/640 sec, f/6.3, ISO 3200




1/800 sec, f/6.3, ISO 2000


1/640 sec, f/6.3, ISO 3200



Paul.

Dennis Kaczor

Very nice set of images and I really like the feather patterns on this bird.

Paul Iddon

Dennis Kaczor wrote: »

Very nice set of images and I really like the feather patterns on this bird.

Cheers Dennis - they are quite plain in the bird world but they do have their own appeal.

Paul.

Dennis Kaczor

Paul Iddon wrote: »

Cheers Dennis - they are quite plain in the bird world but they do have their own appeal.

Paul.

I agree with you there, and that is something that I like about this bird.

Hunter58

Nice captures of it. I like the 4th with the reflection and the 5th is my favorite of the set.

Paul Iddon

Hunter58 wrote: »

Nice captures of it. I like the 4th with the reflection and the 5th is my favorite of the set.

Cheers Hunter

Paul.

Cavalier

Pot Hole Reflections - he is a beautiful little bird and the reflections are great. I also enjoyed your sense of humor with the last shot - he/she is in the cat-bird seat.
Great set of shots.

Paul Iddon

Cavalier wrote: »

Pot Hole Reflections - he is a beautiful little bird and the reflections are great. I also enjoyed your sense of humor with the last shot - he/she is in the cat-bird seat.
Great set of shots.

Thank you Jo, appreciated.

Paul.

Stumblebum

#5 for me....as it landed with pond in bg surrounding it....
Did kitty make its move?:D

Paul Iddon

Stumblebum wrote: »

#5 for me....as it landed with pond in bg surrounding it....
Did kitty make its move?:D

Cheers SB.

Yes - that cat did come closer, but the birds took flight long before it got too close..

Paul.