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Vishwanath M K
10-02-2010, 11:24 AM
This was photographed from Boat in Kabini Backwaters
Nikon D200
AFS Nikkor 300mm F/4 IF ED
1/1600 sec, F/4 ,ISO 400 Used , -1.00eV

Mohan Raj
10-02-2010, 01:02 PM
Looks like a huge fellow. Good photograph.

Using low ISO and lesser shutter speed, will it make any difference here?

Bibhav Behera
10-02-2010, 02:45 PM
I like the low angle here. The background is underexposed and is showing noise. Exposing to the right would help in this case while shooting. Thanks for sharing.

Mrudul Godbole
11-02-2010, 09:47 PM
Nice composition. The low angle and the light add to the image. Agree about the noise in the background. The expose to right technique is explained in the thread below-

http://www.indiawilds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2006

Look forward to more.

Sabyasachi Patra
18-02-2010, 06:55 PM
Looks like a huge fellow. Good photograph.

Using low ISO and lesser shutter speed, will it make any difference here?

This image was shot at ISO 400 at 1/1600 shutter speed.

Reducing the ISO by one stop ie. from ISO 400 to ISO 200 would have reduced the shutter speed by one stop i.e from 1/1600 to 1/800 th of second. Typically this would have been sufficient.

There is a rule of thumb for handholding lenses, which says the shutter speed should be 1/focal length. Since the focal length here used was 300mm, the minimum shutter speed should be 1/300th of second. However, one needs to contend with the other variables. For eg. he was photographing from a boat. So one needs a higher shutter speed. In this case, 1/800 should have been ok if the engine of the boat were switched off.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi