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Posted by lewis phillips on January 19, 2008 at 11:47 AM
With the weather being so crap i decided to visit the local park this morning, I found some holes in the bank next to the stream and waited to see if a water vole would pop out, but instead matey strolled out.
canon mk11 400mm 5.6 iso400 :ee
Posted by Edwin kats on January 19, 2008 at 12:01 PM
Great looking chap. A bit soft, could use a bit more sharpening imho.
Edwin Kats
Posted by Alan Bryant on January 19, 2008 at 12:06 PM
As said looks atad soft.But thats easy to sort out.
IMO this would look better with a vertical crop, just to the left of the leaf.As i find i keep looking at the leaf instead of the subject.
Great shot tho
Posted by Dave Courtenay on January 19, 2008 at 12:21 PM
Nice habitat image with a good reflection-Needs more sharpening
I do believe a crop to a square format would work here, sometimes a central composition works (ask Danny), however the biggest problem here is that the subject just isn't sharp, is it a large crop?
The 400/5.6 is old school but still one of Canons sharpest....
Phil
Posted by Paul Inglis on January 19, 2008 at 12:22 PM
I like this. Love the background and the reflection. Is a little soft and I agree with Alan about the leaf being distracting and would look better if cropped as a portrait.
Posted by lewis phillips on January 19, 2008 at 12:32 PM
sorry phil it's a 100 2 400mm
Posted by Andy Shepherd on January 19, 2008 at 1:57 PM
Hi Lewis,
He's a cheeky looking fellow , as already stated , needs a tad more sharpening.
Regards
Andy...
Posted by eric weight on January 20, 2008 at 2:23 AM
Nits covered, there's a really nice shot in there. Eric
Posted by Graeme Lee on January 20, 2008 at 8:29 AM
Yeah soft as presented, but I like the setting. The ISO seems fine to me as you may well have a shutter speed of 1/60th... but if it was 1/1000 then I accept the
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10 repliescanon mk11 400mm 5.6 iso400
Edwin Kats
IMO this would look better with a vertical crop, just to the left of the leaf.As i find i keep looking at the leaf instead of the subject.
Great shot tho
Dave
I do believe a crop to a square format would work here, sometimes a central composition works (ask Danny), however the biggest problem here is that the subject just isn't sharp, is it a large crop?
The 400/5.6 is old school but still one of Canons sharpest....
Phil
He's a cheeky looking fellow , as already stated , needs a tad more sharpening.
Regards
Andy...