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Cape hare (Lepus capensis) II - All ears

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Posted by Stephen Kaluski on October 9, 2007 at 12:35 PM
Cape hare (Lepus capensis) II - All ears
Taking on board various comments from a previous posting of the same animal, I trust this may have a bit more impact. Some very minor tweaks in curves and saturation.

Steve

Canon MK3 500 with 1.4x 1/640 AV f5.6 ISO 4oo
Posted by Andy Astbury on October 9, 2007 at 1:01 PM
Cracking image Steve - perfect imho :toast: :toast:
Posted by Helge Sorensen on October 9, 2007 at 3:02 PM
Some ears, lovely portrait Steve! :toast:
Posted by Dave Courtenay on October 9, 2007 at 4:11 PM
I have come back to this a few times-love the light through the ears and great sharpness but cant decide on the comp with the chopped legs, I know you cant crop tighter as you would clip the whiskers and moving out may loose impact-dofficult one but overall i like it :toast:
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on October 10, 2007 at 3:58 AM
Now you have mention it Dave, I too am having doudts about this image. Like Andy & Helge I thought this was a cracker, but the more I look at it the more I become unsure. Perhaps if I had got all the legs in and reviewed the crop I might feel happier with the overall image. Need to ponder.

Steve :confused:
Posted by Alan Woolnough on October 10, 2007 at 7:44 AM
Ive also looked at this a few times Steve, and first thoughts were purely the high impact feel :toast:

As its has a deliberate crop 'look' above the knees, it doesn't have the clipped/user error 'look', it does work to some extent to my eye. Not sure if the composition looks slightly unbalanced , due the prime area {eye} being close to the center of the frame, and needing the entire legs to restore the usual balance maybe :confused:

Either way, i like this a lot!!

Alan
Posted by Michael Sayles on October 10, 2007 at 1:18 PM
Hmmm, I love the pose and the backlit ears, but to me this looks like two different images. I know it's not, but the top half is just so much darker than the bottom half. It just looks a bit odd.

I don't mind the cropped legs - it's the ears and face that make this shot.
Posted by Justin on October 11, 2007 at 1:35 PM
Love the hare's expression and the image has lots of impact with those backlit ears and big bright eye. Works ok as it is but would have been even stronger,had you managed to include all of the legs.