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Every year in the village there is the election of the local beauty queen, accompanied by a 2 hours show. It is the noisiest, most emotional event of my yearly calendar.
It is also one of the most challenging technically. I try to get close-ups of what's happening on-stage, without using flash. That means high ISO. I always use the D300 with my 80-200 f2.8 lens - the reach is just right on the APS-C sensor.
Last year I used 3200 ISO to avoid getting too much noise, a monopod and 1/125-1/160s. The results were just a little unsharp due to camera movement. This year I decided I had to keep the monopod but use 1/250s which means 6400 ISO - the maximum. The results are sharp but somehow they look a little ragged (loss of fine detail, colour..). See my User Gallery for a comparison.
BTW I took the last picture just at the instant where Maureen realised that she'd won and she looked out at her fans who were going wild...
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