Poker Night

[badbeachbuggy]

I thought I embrace a bit of ISO Noise (on the old 300D) during a game of cards last night...









































...not quite Casino Royal but we enjoyed ourselves!

[Altrezia]

cool pics - I really lack the skill to take spur of the moment photos. :/

[mr noble]

Nice work Nick. I think the noise works and adds a depth to them.

I can remember buying super fast b/w film during my GCSE photog exams souly to add grain, now we all seem to spend loads of £££ on kit that iradicates it.


I'm also starting to think that maybe you have one leg shorter than the other.

Greg

[TonyHetherington]

I really like them - capture the mood very well!

How did you add the noise; did you ramp up the ISO or did you ad it in afterwards? You have some very shallow depths of field in there; is that from a very wide aperture or did you blur afterwarsd?

Really like them!

[badbeachbuggy]

Thanks guys, I like a bit of noise now and again

Tony, all I've done with these is convert them to B&W using the gradient map tool and adjust the levels. They were all shot with my old 300D at ISO 1600, 50mm lens set at f1.8 for every shot, no flash.

[badbeachbuggy]

Oh and Greg, I've put my order in for orthopedic shoes

[cy88]

Nice pics bbb. Its been 6 years since I played cards with the lads.....

here's a quick snap (lacking in photographic skill) in a similar vein

[badbeachbuggy]

You can't beat a good cards night with the lads

[TonyHetherington]

badbeachbuggy said:

ISO 1600, 50mm lens set at f1.8

ah that will explain it! That's the lens I'm quite tempted by actually - not expensive (well £70ish?!) and will add a whole new dimension to my portrait ability!

[badbeachbuggy]

TonyHetherington said:

badbeachbuggy said:

ISO 1600, 50mm lens set at f1.8

ah that will explain it! That's the lens I'm quite tempted by actually - not expensive (well £70ish?!) and will add a whole new dimension to my portrait ability!

Best £70 you will spend for your camera IMHO

[TonyHetherington]

oh you sod, guess what I'll be typing into Ebay today....

[_dobbo_]

Great pics BBB, the noise works well.

I was shooting ISO800 at a wedding this weekend, and was so happy that the D200 noise is nothing like as bad as the D70 was.

[badbeachbuggy]

_dobbo_ said:

I was shooting ISO800 at a wedding this weekend, and was so happy that the D200 noise is nothing like as bad as the D70 was.

Likewise with the 300D vs 5D

[Graham@Reading]

I love that lens too. Not used it nearly enough (or the camera at all lately) though

[mneame]

black and white images with noise can work really well - great examples here. sets the mood of the subject well.

[TonyHetherington]

guess what I've just bought (I blame you mr 3 b's)

[badbeachbuggy]

TonyHetherington said:

guess what I've just bought (I blame you mr 3 b's)

You won't regret it