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Another Hare..

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Posted by Trevor Wilson on May 31, 2008 at 8:42 AM
Another Hare..
Another one taken from my first day with my new Sigma 500.

I think the focus is in the right place for this..

Taken on board everyones advice from my first post and need to practice practice practice with the long lens..

1D3/sigma 500/iso640/5.6/800th



Posted by Alan Woolnough on May 31, 2008 at 11:53 AM
Thats more like it Trevor {pheeew :smile: },

Nicely caught, and the implied motion from the front foot, gives it a slight 'action' feel!!

The colours do look very/ overly saturated, but i'm sure a small PS tweak would give it a more life-like 'look'.

:toast:

Alan
Posted by John Robinson on May 31, 2008 at 5:24 PM
Yes that's better. The pan crop may be a little overdone perhaps but never mind.
JR
Posted by Dawn Monrose on May 31, 2008 at 5:44 PM
Great pose, well caught!

I agree about the crop, and the colours and saturation.

Welcome by the way! I like hares too, they are amazing! :wink:

:wavey:
Posted by Trevor Wilson on June 1, 2008 at 3:07 AM
Cheers guys, I certainly got carried away with the PP. Tried to bring it back a little hope this ones better..
Posted by eric weight on June 1, 2008 at 4:16 AM
Far more realistic to my eyes. Focus looks about right to me, but I would always give it another round or two of usm after reducing to 720 px as they tend to go a bit soft in compression. A bit more on the top and a little less on the right would make it an excellent shot in my book.
:toast: :toast: Eric
Posted by Rob Howard on June 1, 2008 at 6:44 AM
Hi Trevor,

Re post looks better. And regarding USM I always resize my web images to 720px before adding any USM. I normally give 5 rounds at 100, 0.2, 0.

Regards

Rob
Posted by Paul Inglis on June 1, 2008 at 7:19 AM
Hi Trevor,

Lovely capture! Looks like your having fun with the new 500mm!
:toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Robert Lawrence on June 2, 2008 at 7:09 AM
Hello Trevor, second post is much better but would agree about having a bit more space on top. I'd still be very glad to have a shot like this on my files. Unfortunately no hares down here. Glad to see you are enjoying your new lens.

Robert.