Hi Kenneth,
I think the sharpness is suppressed for two reasons - the thick glass, but more importantly the time. I shot the moving fish at 1/60 sec, and it should have been faster for a sharper pic. But the trade off was noise via a higher iso.
Jim
Kenneth Christian
22-May-2012 00:57
Nice colors, but the overall image is not very sharp. Wonder if this could be due to shooting through the glass?
Charlie,
Thanks. This too was taken at the MN zoo at an exhibit they call Coral Reef. I probably took 50 shots of various fish, this one being one of the best. It got fairly close to the glass. The room we were in was fairly dark, and the reef is well lit (you can also be above it and look down) so there were no big reflections to fight with, though I shot off 90 deg a bit.
At 2500 ISO, the 60D does have some noise, but not bad. I converted the raw image with Capture One which I prefer for its handling of colors, and just used its built in noise removal. It looked fine to me, so I stopped there.
For higher ISOs, I tend to use Lightroom, as I like its noise removal, or I take the photo into PS Elements and use the Topaz DeNoise
I really like this image. I have tried to get shots like this without success. I see you have an ultra-high ISO on this one. Did you have to use a noise removal process?
