a couple wolf shots

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a couple wolf shots

Postby KerryPierce on Sun Jul 10, 2005 11:10 am

Nikon D70 ,Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D ED VR AF
1/160s f/5.6 at 400.0mm iso1600 hand held

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1/125s f/5.6 at 400.0mm iso1600 hand held

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Postby johnd on Sun Jul 10, 2005 11:30 am

They're very good Kerry. You must have a steady hand to hand hold at that focal length and exposure time, or is it the VR lens?
I can't see any noise at iso1600. Did you do anything to get rid of noise, or is that just the way they came out of the D70?

Nice shots.

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Postby Heath Bennett on Sun Jul 10, 2005 11:38 am

Love the second one - great character
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Postby Geoff on Sun Jul 10, 2005 11:57 am

Gerat shots Kerry, although if I might say, and it could be the monitor that I'm viewing it from, the 2nd image appears to have a tinge of a yellow cast on it. Well done though, lovely shots! :)
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Postby robboh on Sun Jul 10, 2005 12:47 pm

Great framing one the second one Kerry. Its great! Like John said, very smooth and no visible noise as well.
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Postby KerryPierce on Mon Jul 11, 2005 2:36 am

Thanks for the kind comments. :D

John: These photos were processed last year on a laptop. I don't recall whether or not NR was applied, but I can see obvious color noise in the 2nd photo. I wish I'd used my flash, especially on the 2nd shot. :?

Geoff: Yes, there does appear to be a yellow cast. I blame all of that on the lousy laptop screen.... 8)
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Postby PiroStitch on Mon Jul 11, 2005 3:23 am

I prefer the second image :) Very cute.

I'm very surprised at the noise level at ISO 1600 Kerry (ie. absolutely none). Did you do anything to reduce the noise or was it pretty much removed due to the resized image?
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Postby Catcha on Mon Jul 11, 2005 6:14 am

it's like a big puppy dog......first one looks scary, wouldn't want to be in it's path ......great shots as always
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Postby gstark on Mon Jul 11, 2005 8:12 am

Kerry,

#1 looks familiar; have you posted this before ... maybe about three months back?
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Postby KerryPierce on Mon Jul 11, 2005 10:03 am

Thanks, guys. :D

Piro: I don't recall how the images were processed. There is still color noise in the 2nd one for sure. :?

Gary: I know that I posted a similar shot, where the wolf was looking directly at me. Don't remember if I posted this particular shot before or not, though.... :(
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