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Old 28th June 2010, 11:38   #9526
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I have noticed that bringing down the exposure time by increasing the ISO from 400 to 1600 actually has no major effect in the amount of noise. As you know, noise increases with exposure time, and in my camera's case I can reduce the exposure time in such low light shots to something like 1/50s and it has very less noise compared to a longer exposure in ISO200 or so.

Earlier I was reluctant to use anything above ISO400 and now I use ISO1600 a lot in these kinda shots. sometimes ISO3200 (my cam's max) also gives good shots if the exposure time is short enough. Interestingly, I don't like to use ISO800!
Thanks for that. I have been using ISO800 and 1600 (max on my camera) regularly. Now I know why there was more noise in one and less in the other. Thanks again.

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Thanks! Yes it was hand-held, so as this shot

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I like this. Reminds me of Darsheel. Innocent look on her (?) face.

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I liked the composition. Love the DOF and bokeh.

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Thanks Amith. Umm, I am not sure I like this shot. But that's just me :(.



“Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder…”– Thoreau

In my case, it was a friend's hand.
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......it will come and sit softly on your shoulder…”– Thoreau. In my case, it was a friend's hand.
I missed you on Saturday, sorry for the communication gap, I would have come to Lalbagh if that was the plan. Anyway Aravind wanted to meet up, so I went ahead with the Hebbal plan. This time it was bit boring, I could spot atleast 7 photographers around that small place mostly with super zoom lenses and huge tripods. I doubt if anyone got something.

About your last pic, how I wish if that hand was of a white, 'soft' gender , better you shoot a man's hand with a gun or something not with a butterfly.

I am yet to understand the calculation of DOF, need your help, macros are not coming to my satsifaction in the 1:1 set up. Or is it too tough to get a complete bug in the 1:1 ?
Here is an inspired attempt from your flower shot.
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I missed you on Saturday, sorry for the communication gap, I would have come to Lalbagh if that was the plan. Anyway Aravind wanted to meet up, so I went ahead with the Hebbal plan. This time it was bit boring, I could spot atleast 7 photographers around that small place mostly with super zoom lenses and huge tripods. I doubt if anyone got something.

About your last pic, how I wish if that hand was of a white, 'soft' gender , better you shoot a man's hand with a gun or something not with a butterfly.

I am yet to understand the calculation of DOF, need your help, macros are not coming to my satsifaction in the 1:1 set up. Or is it too tough to get a complete bug in the 1:1 ?
Here is an inspired attempt from your flower shot.
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Sorry about that. I just woke up and headed to Lalbagh. I should have called you the previous night, my bad. Will definitely make it up to you soon. I have seen those guys with super zoom lenses, I'd like to see the outputs though, just to get a sense of distance they are able to cover with their lenses.

Ah, How I wish the hand was that of a lady. I am yet to come across one is who not scared of bugs (butterfly could be an exception though). I have shot a man's hand with a gun. I am now planning to do "Smoking kills". I have the concept in mind, will execute it this weekend . It will be on the similar lines of the previous shot and the earlier "surrender" shot.

1:1 setup is crazy to work with . I'd suggest you to try it out only when you want to show the minute details of a bug/flower. I do not print my photographs, so I reduce the magnification to about 1:1.5 or so and then take the photograph with aperture stopped down to f11 or f13. This helps in getting enough DOF and then I crop the photograph to emulate a 1:1 setup. Hope that helps. Also, the concept of focal plane will help. If you're parallel (sensor is parallel) to the subject's body, you can get away with f/5.6 as well. And finally, it's ok to give up magnification for the sake of composition and that's how it will be many a times.

About the photograph, Umm, the white is blown and that is distracting me :(. Why don't you give a different composition angle a try? Like, shooting the bud from the front and let's say f/5.6 with relatively high magnification? You'll get a nice effect. One more easy way out is using a diffused. Buy butter paper and use that to diffuse the light on the flower. It'll improve the flower to a very large extent.

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“Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder…”– Thoreau

In my case, it was a friend's hand.
Great photograph!!! How did you get that effect?
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1:1 setup is crazy to work with . I'd suggest you to try it out only when you want to show the minute details of a bug/flower. I do not print my photographs, so I reduce the magnification to about 1:1.5 or so and then take the photograph with aperture stopped down to f11 or f13. ...........the white is blown and that is distracting me :(. Why don't you give a different composition angle a try?
I thought 1:1 is crazy only for me, with the tripod totally on the floor, triggering with a remote, I was failing to get a sharper, good DOF shot of a bug. But I must admit I have never tried f/6 or narrower nor the DOF button available on D90, need to do that.

Above pic was just a normal 90mm shot, not in the macro mode. But the wind was playing the spoil sport here. I came back home without a single sharper macro due to the crazy breeze throughout the morning.

Here is one of the lake before sunrise.
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“Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder…”– Thoreau

In my case, it was a friend's hand.
Nice shot, have you done the PP? Butterfly looks coloured but hand is B&W.

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Here is one of the lake before sunrise.
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Great photograph!!! How did you get that effect?
Thanks buddy. I used selective coloring for this shot. Convert the whole image to black and white (dark sepia in my case) and then used a mask to remove the effect from butterfly.

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I thought 1:1 is crazy only for me, with the tripod totally on the floor, triggering with a remote, I was failing to get a sharper, good DOF shot of a bug. But I must admit I have never tried f/6 or narrower nor the DOF button available on D90, need to do that.

Above pic was just a normal 90mm shot, not in the macro mode. But the wind was playing the spoil sport here. I came back home without a single sharper macro due to the crazy breeze throughout the morning.

Here is one of the lake before sunrise.
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Oh yeah, the breeze was amazingly bad on saturday. Just kept praying that I get one good shot that will make my day. Funny, but the best shots I got that day were heavily affected by breeze and gave a nice painting like effect to my shots. And somehow I didn't use tripod this weekend even though I was carrying one.

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Nice shot, have you done the PP? Butterfly looks coloured but hand is B&W.


Nice one.

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Yep, PP has been done. Am glad that you like it .
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Beautiful portrait. That girl child looks very beautiful indeed. That crown and those other decorative stuffs looks awesome
Meanwhile, I got a chance to photograph my biology teacher and his daughter during our SSLC-Residential Camp last year.
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Try to take such shots by zooming in a little and click from a distance.

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Thanks for that. I have been using ISO800 and 1600 (max on my camera) regularly. Now I know why there was more noise in one and less in the other. Thanks again.
You're welcome Hw. Please note that the ISO values that we discuss here are applicable to the entry level and may be lower mid range DSLRs. Higher ISO shots from camera's like what TG is having is another story.

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In my case, it was a friend's hand.
Beautiful.. Why don't you make a monotone look instead of the selective saturation? IMO, it would look better


One more from my ISO1600 trip this time a bit of NR done in Adobe Camera RAW.

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Awesome awesome shot! Loved it! The clouds look calibrated though, did you use photoshop or it came as it is?
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Klub_class: amith; you are the man.
You are a great example that tool is not what's its all about

clever dude; stop posting the ISO numbers

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@Nandan: That's a rocking start with a beautiful shot!

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Ok, ISO1600 till I change it

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