Indian Wolf pack captured at Singapore's Night Safari
Used the Nikon D3's brilliant ISO performance. Captured at ISO12,800 without flash (anyway NO flash allowed in the night safari). Used a monopod to support and even then had to set aperture to F5.6 and shutter speed of 1/10s.
The shallow DOF messed up the sharpness of the wolf in the foreground.
NO sharpening done.
NO noise reduction applied during post processing as applying it will definitely impact the sharpness of the shot
Adjusted Levels only slightly
This is just an experiment to see how the shot would do. Anyway I am prepared for the worse.
Andrew....06th May2009
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The clarity and solid background make this shot look a little surreal to me. Great shot but my only nit pick would have been to crop a little tighter on the right side for balance. Well done all the same.
A naturalist portrait worthy of National Geographic, these wolves show a lot of character and as creatures of the night, are a worthy subject for this challenge. Rich and detailed, there is nothing wrong with this image from a technical standpoint and from an artistic standpoint, a very good portrait of a family of predators. Hard to believe it was shot as an ISO of 12,800 - it looks more like an ISO 100 portrait shot. Originally rated a 9, it has been rerated a 10. Well done.
Cool shot Andrew! I am amazed at what the new Nikon full frames can do at high iso! Cute little guys! (at least they look much smaller then our north american wolves)
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