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Taking low light photos with low ISO and still get good DOF?


11 years 7 months ago #248427 by Scooter
My D300 isn't to bad with higher ISO, but I always seem to pick up noise when you blow the photo up. So how can I take low light photos with lower ISO's AND still get a good DOF? I know this is what I have to work with and chances are a newer camera with better low light performance will be needed. Till then I would like to know what are you doing when you want maximum DOF during low light scenes with out having high ISO being used?
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11 years 7 months ago #248439 by steveheap
Well, there are two answers (maybe three!)

1. Use a tripod. With a solid tripod and a slow shutterspeed, you can use a small aperture and hence get the depth of field you are looking for.
2. Use focus stacking. This can work really well (especially with specialist software like Helicon Focus) to get good depth of field using a wide aperture but multiple shots at different focus points. I did an article about how to do this on my blog: Focus Stacking using Helicon Focus
3. Use a higher ISO and noise reduction. The noise reduction in Lightroom 4 is pretty good, and there are specialist plugins available as well.

Steve
My Stock Photo Blog
www.backyardsilver.com
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11 years 7 months ago #248440 by chasrich
:agree:

S L O W shutter speed allows for low light high DOF. The other two methods will work as well. :goodpost: Steve!
“Amateurs worry about equipment, professionals worry about money, masters worry about light, I just make pictures… ” ~ Vernon Trent
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11 years 7 months ago #248444 by Scooter
Oh man, why didn't I think about that. Can I start over and pretend I didn't ask this question tonight? :whistle:

I'm going to check out that article :thumbsup:
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11 years 7 months ago #248545 by Solstar
You've gotten the right answer from the other guys, I'll throw a wild-card into the mix: Wide angle lens. The wider the lens the more depth of field you tend to have. If you can find a large maximum aperture wide angle lens you will get more depth of field in low light--may mess with your framing though. A tripod is probably cheaper though.
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11 years 7 months ago #248580 by Joves
Another thing is distance to the main subject determines what f-ratio you need to get good depth. The loser you are the smaller the f-stop needs to be. You can get good sharp photos with a lot of depth if you are far enough away with an open aperture too.
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11 years 7 months ago #248612 by Meskill
Joves brings up a good point on the distance from subject :goodpost:
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