European badger - Tewin Orchard, Herts

[dragonsdreams]

Rather poor rainy conditions, the badgers were very skittish so silent shutter only which limited ISO to 25600 and down to 1/15 second SS. Would have preferred better lighting but artificial lights around the hide unfortunately seemed pretty dim.

• ILCE-9
• FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS
• 226.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/15 sec
• ISO 25600

 

[seuadr]

that is pretty clean considering the iso. thanks for sharing!

 

[Tim Mayo]

Nice work Mark, especially at 1/15! Glad that they made an appearance.

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Not bad at all at those settings!

 

[dragonsdreams]

Thanks all. Yes I don't think the IQ would win any prizes but thought people would be interested what effect such a high ISO and low SS had. Took the A7r4 along thinking I could change bodies and compare results but the badgers were so nervous any sound drove them away. Incidentally at this ISO, Topaz Denoise A1 didn't really help much which was a surprise. I don't think the software could tell the noisy subject from the background.

 

[dragonsdreams]

Nice work Mark, especially at 1/15! Glad that they made an appearance.

Thanks Tim. Yes four turned up and came around a few times. Although maybe they were different badgers each time so maybe there were more!

 

[dragonsdreams]

Featured on Countryfile last week (27/12/20) at Tewin Orchard - but they had much better lights! (BBC's extra camera lights?)

• ILCE-9
• FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS
• 247.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/15 sec
• ISO 12800

Here's another photo from my same session.