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    deer pic

    why is this pic grainy. and how can i fix it?
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    Re: deer pic

    What do you have for a camera? What ISO did you shoot at? What post processing program do you use?
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    Re: deer pic

    this one is better i think
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    Re: deer pic

    was using a 300mm lens the iso was 800. could that be why? camera is a sony a100.

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    Re: deer pic

    Quote Originally Posted by waymack97
    was using a 300mm lens the iso was 800. could that be why? camera is a sony a100.
    Take a look at my ISO 3200 pics. Could make you feel better ;-)

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    Re: deer pic

    Ha ... he looks a little like a stuffed animal for some reason

    Some cameras do OK at ISO 800 and some don't do that well. I shot an indoor volleyball game at 1200 (or was it 1250?) and they turned out extremely grainy, worse than this, so this looks right about what you would expect.

    I just to use a photo lab in Germany and there was an excellent outdoors photographer there who had a lot of tricks on how to get great shots of wildlife with slower ISO speeds. If he was shooting 200 ISO wide open at f 4.0 the shutter speed would still be ~ 1/2 second or more, so just before he shot he would whistle to make the deer freeze, then shoot away. He usually got a number of shots in before the deer bolted. Worth a try next time

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