ISO-1600 cover picture

The April cover of Ride Oklahoma Magazine picture was shot on my D3 at ISO-1600, unheard of speeds in older digital cameras. In the past I would seldom shoot my D2x at speeds above ISO-800 and at those speeds the grain was quite noticable. The D3 pictures look great at ISO-1600 and even ISO-3200. This provides me with opportunities to get pictures I just was not able to do in the past.

For this photo, I hung out the side of a 4 door Jeep with the rear door open. An assistant held an SB-800 flash out on a pole in front of the rider on the bike, while I held my camera about 12" above the ground. I triggered the flash with Pocket Wizards. The flash really helps clean up the image in these low light conditions.