Giving a Neck Rub

Posted by Gene Gwin on Sun Feb 09, 2025 7:52 am

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A male and female Pyrrhuloxia photographed at the Laguna Seca Ranch in deep South Texas. 1/16,000 sec, f/5.6, iso 4000, 12 January 25, Olympus OM1 w/ 40-150 with 1.4 tc at 350 mm. Typically I do not photograph above 3200 iso. I've seen so many excellent images at a higher iso that were posted on NatureScapes, that I thought that I would do a test. I photographed images between 4000 iso and 8000 iso and then processed them to see what they would look like. I was pleasantly surprised that they looked OK.

Large view looks a little better.

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by Jakejacoby on Sun Feb 09, 2025 7:54 am

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Better than OK Gene. Excellent capture.

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by david fletcher on Sun Feb 09, 2025 8:15 am

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Nailed this Gene. Terrific capture and a bonus re the ISO used.

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by peter makuch on Sun Feb 09, 2025 8:37 am

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well done on this displayed capture GENE.

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by Cynthia Crawford on Sun Feb 09, 2025 9:28 am

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david fletcher wrote: Nailed this Gene. Terrific capture and a bonus re the ISO used.

Agree. And...wondering if the "neck rub" is a happy occasion. The female (?) doesn't look too pleased!

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by paul fletcher on Sun Feb 09, 2025 9:53 pm

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Superb image, Gene. Much to be said about the OM1 system, judging from your photograph here!

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by Axel Hildebrandt on Mon Feb 10, 2025 7:07 am

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Interesting moment and interaction, Gene. The image quality looks very good at this ISO setting.

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by MalcolmBenn on Mon Feb 10, 2025 1:54 pm

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Nicely done Gene, the image looks great. I know someone that shoots exclusively with the OM1 and swears by it and I've seen his images and they look great. You tried hard to introduce some noise ... 1/16,000, ISO 4,000 and a small sensor, zoom + extender and no noise .... gotta love modern technology.

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by himadri roy on Sat Feb 15, 2025 10:25 am