Action at the local Skateboard Park

I found it really hard to choose between pictures today as both of these were to my liking. These shots were taken at Millennium Park down town Calgary. I was a cloudy day so the white light was somewhat perfect for this type of shot.

I utilized a ISO of 1000 for these shots for the reason that I wanted to have high shutter speeds (around 1/4000-1/5000) to capture the moment. With such a high setting noise is a given if you look closer you will find that these shots are more grainy than usual. Photoshop did indeed help but not 100%. Perhaps it improved the image by around 30-40%. In retrospect an ISO of around 600 might have been a better choice as shutter speeds of 1/3000 would have done the trick as well.

D70s, 70-200mm VR @ 80mm, 1/5000, F7.1, ISO 1000 (Top Shot)

D70s, 70-200mm VR @ 130mm, 1/2500, F8, ISO 1000 (Bottom Shot)