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Post by Romy Ocon on Dec 3, 2015 0:04:15 GMT
For some time now, in the early evening, I've been hearing a strange bird sound at the mango tree in my mother's backyard. I long suspected that it is an owl species, and a few nights ago I couldn't contain my curiosity anymore when I heard the call again. I grabbed a bright flashlight and scanned the branches of the mango tree. True enough, there's an owl perched on one of the branches with a newly-caught prey. I quickly rushed back to the house to get my camera, and returned with the domestic boss in tow to hold the flashlight while I shoot.
It looks like a Philippine Scops-Owl (Otus megalotis) to me, but I could be mistaken and would welcome any ID correction. I'm sure though that I haven't photographed this owl species before, so it's a much welcome photo-lifer (my 279th species).
I'm very impressed with 7D MII's IQ even at ISO 12,800 - yes, noise is there but it's fine grained and responds well to a simple noise reduction routine. If forced by low light, I wouldn't hesitate at all to shoot at this high sensitivity. I did expose to the right (ETTR) to mitigate the noise. The camera was on AWB and the white balance as captured was too "cold" for my taste. Since 100% of the illumination on the bird was provided by the flashlight (torch), I simply had to shoot a white sheet of paper under the same light later to aid me in setting a "click white balance."
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Shooting Info - Baroro, Bacnotan, La Union, Philippines, November 29, 2015, EOS 7D MII + EF 400 DO IS II, f/4, 1/250 sec, ISO 12800, manual exposure/flashlight, hand held, near full frame resized to 1500 x 1000.
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Post by William Lim on Dec 6, 2015 9:39:55 GMT
Aamzingly sharp at that ISO
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Post by Romy Ocon on Dec 6, 2015 14:02:12 GMT
Thanks, Doc William!
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Post by Tateo Osawa on Dec 9, 2015 16:01:05 GMT
Wow, even high ISO and hand held but color and sharpness are great, Romy.looked like the daytime picture. Very nice again.
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Post by Romy Ocon on Dec 10, 2015 10:11:36 GMT
Thanks, Tateo-san!
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Post by Bobby Kintanar on Dec 10, 2015 11:04:42 GMT
Wow, I never used that ISO before - amazingly low noise. Detail is still very well preserved, and sharpness is unbelievable at 12,800 ISO! This confirms why I'm loving my 7D2 as well. :-)
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Post by Romy Ocon on Dec 11, 2015 4:37:24 GMT
Thanks, Bobby... nice to see you around!
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Post by Mark Itol on Dec 25, 2015 2:31:38 GMT
What noise? Excellent capture in these conditions, Ka Mastah!
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Post by Romy Ocon on Dec 26, 2015 4:46:00 GMT
Thanks, Mark.... great to see you around!
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