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64 Oct 17 Reply Hmm, this discussion made me remember that I've not updated the firmware on my kit for many months. So I've just done that (only the body and 1 lens had an update available) and the body upgrade was major from 2.x to 3.0. Alas I forgot that it overwrites the user programming, so the time has come for a review and re-program. Having done that, I found two things I'd got wrong. a) I can have the iso steps in 1/3EV if I want, I remember that now, although I've always set it to 1EV. b) I now have auto iso in M mode as well as the others! Great. I don't know now if this was my error programming it before or a new facility with the new firmware. Either way, I'm glad your question got the grey matter working and I upgraded the firmware, thanks! Oct 19th
64 Oct 17 Reply My camera doesn't have auto iso when in manual mode (ie user-set f stop and shutter speed). I can have auto iso on P, S and A modes, but not on M. Does yours allow it? I've always felt it was an odd omission by Olympus, I would definitely use it if it were available. Looking at the EXIF for this image, I see I was on program mode, ISO 4000 (which must have been auto iso as the user options are 200 x 2^n, so it goes from 3200 to 6400), auto focus single AF + manual focus adjust facility (don't know if I used it on this occasion) + face detect, auto image stabilisation, spot metering, no EV compensation. As commented on the thread of your image, I have no hesitation in going to this sort of ISO, the quality does not let me down even when closely examining the 16 MP original. Oct 19th
64 Oct 17 Reply For f6.3 and 400mm you did very well I think, I'd have guessed a higher stop.

The GH5 looks like a great camera especially for video. Fancy 8.3 MP (3,840 x 2,160) at 60 fps! The Olympus OMD-EM1ii can do 20 MP at 80 fps I think, but only for short bursts, whereas the GH5 can do that continuously. We won't need motor drives soon, we'll just take video and grab the frame we wanted. Personally I'm finding with my OMD-EM5ii that using ISO of 1600, 3200, even 6400, I can't see any noise unless I go really searching for it, so it's no problem as far as I'm concerned. 800 in darkroom days was really pushing the boat out, and the grain was quite noticeable. Maybe the GH5 will do even better. Modern cameras are amazing. I hope you enjoy it.		 Oct 19th
64 Oct 17 Comment I presume you mean the spotlight was used for focussing but then switched off for the exposure? With an 8mm lens and a fairly distant subject, I'd have thought focus is not likely to be a problem.
Like Don I'm wondering why the stars are so spread out, most Milky Way pics I've seen showed a pronounced band of light, so I think his suggestion might be a good one from a pictorial point of view. I wonder also if more exposure might have rendered the tree more clearly, but I know that long exposure turns the stars from dots to trails which might not be preferred. Higher ISO might have helped? A few extra dots of noise wouldn't have been noticed. I've never taken such an image, so probably I'm wrong. Whatever, I like your result.		 Oct 8th
64 Oct 17 Comment Well done, Abhijeet, this is a lesson in how to turn a problem into an opportunity. I think it's a great image with bags of interest from its simplicity and atmospheric feeling. It's almost street photography, it's the mood and the feeling that is the power of the image.
I was wondering if removing a little from the top to remove the lighter area might remove a slight distraction, but on reviewing it I think not as it hints at the sun and so I think it adds to the atmosphere. The bridge is laterally rather central, but at most I'd remove only say 10% of the width by cropping the right edge, but that's only my preference, it's a great image as it is. 		Oct 8th
64 Oct 17 Comment I suppose you are thinking about the rule for nature photographs to only depict the subject in natural surroundings, and that a cleanly cut branch might disqualify it? I suppose then that you're right, but to me it's no loss; if the branch had been there, we wouldn't have seen the bird as well.
I think it's well composed, nice and sharp, excellent depth of field (what f was used?), good tone, great eye highlight, altogether super. I'm puzzling over the area between the branch and it's tail - looks to me a bit like a golf tee or a nail in the background! Could you clone that out? Also, could you tone down the blurred background immediately behind the end of the tail to make the tail stand out more clearly?		 Oct 8th
64 Oct 17 Comment Aha, this is a style of photograph that I like! I think the idea is great and the composition is well worked out. I like the depth of field which emphasises the letters and reduces the arms to supporting diagonals. I think though that it's a bit under-exposed, or the contrast it too high, as there's a lot of black which I don't think flatters the image. A narrow white border would make an improvement I think as I see now that I was initially viewing the web page outside the image area as black image. Just increasing the exposure might spoil the highlights which are the focus of attention, so perhaps just lifting the shadows a bit is all that's needed. Oct 8th
64 Oct 17 Comment I think it's a very pleasing landscape. It seems sharp to me and has good tonal range. There are lots of lines leading to the point of interest. The slow shutter speed has made the waterfall more interesting I think. I've been wondering about cropping top or bottom to place the waterfall more off-centre, but I think both areas are important to the image so I'd leave them as they are. Perhaps cropping some of the left to emphasise the vertical flow might be interesting? Oct 8th
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