We wants the redhead – David Punch
Many of us use dark rides as a personal challenge to improve our skill level. To push ourselves and our equipment to the max. Pirates gives us lots of challenges. Harsh colored lighting, dark scenes, a moving boat, etc… To overcome this difficulties, we need to compensate for each in a different way. Using higher ISO’s, fast lenses, focus techniques, and a bit of luck.
In this shot, I used them all. An ISO of 12,800, a Canon 50mm f/1.4 lens, and a great denoising program to clean up the grain (Noiseware).
Shooting just as the scene came in to view, I was able to get a much wider shot (especially for a 50mm) than I normally do. I went up a stop (to f/1.8) to try and get a little more depth of field, but I think the distance helped even more.
Hope you like it,
Dave