This Great Egret was shot at Hagerman National wildlife Refuge 30 minutes before sunrise with dense fog shrouding the water. ISO 3200 1/500 @ f11. Even viewing this image at 4:1 there is no discernible noise.

I received my new Nikon D800 last Friday and the battery grip arrived Monday. Thank you Camera Stop. Over the weekend I shot a variety of subjects to test the limits of the D800. First I shot a lot of handheld stuff which I almost never do since I know that using a tripod is the single biggest improvement anyone can make in their photography. I also shot a bit of high ISO to see how the D800 performs under low light conditions. And finally I shot some action/sports. I can say without equivocation that the D800 performs flawlessly under all of these conditions. So I am going to simply ignore the received wisdom of all of the pundits and especially those armchair academics who say that the high pixel count requires a tripod and that the camera is only suitable for studio and landscape work. They are WRONG. And they were wrong when they said the same things when the world moved from 2 megapixel cameras to 6 and from 6 megapixels to 12 and from 12 megapixels to 24. And, yes, great pro glass still out resolves even a 36.3 megapixel camera.

Some of my first shots with the D800 can be seen here.