Steve

[Jan Solo]

A friend of mine during evening drinks in my kitchen using the light from the window. He watching my wife as she prepares our supper.

Comments as always

Camera: Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Lens
Exposure: F1.8 ISO 1600 1/125s @ 50mm

 

[Jan Solo]

Obviously not as good as I thought...

 

[theMusicMan]

Obviously not as good as I thought...

Hi Jan Solo

Well I'd have to say that a wait of around 24 hours for people to have a look at your shots and post comments is the norm, I am sure someone would come along and comment.

As I am here...

The image doesn't do much for me I'm afraid, the noise at ISO1600 spoils the shot, and it doesn't seem to be in focus to me either, it looks a tad soft.

Interesting composition though, maybe in alternate lighting it might have worked better...?:shrug:

 

[Jan Solo]

Hi mate - I'm an impatient old *******s though )

It is a candid and was taken in very low light. I am a fan of noise, but know that it is love it or hate it.

I would love a better spec camera to cut noise at higher ISO...

 

[theMusicMan]

Hi Jan Solo

I know what you mean, but there are ways to deal with noise, and given perhaps some different post processing, the effect could be changed to suit I am sure.

Have you tried any noise reduction software...?

 

[Jan Solo]

I am working through Lightroom at the moment and also have some techniques to use in PS (Gaussian Blur a duplicate layer set to colour blend). Not sure what else there is.