This is as close as anyone could possibly want to get. Far from being threatened by me this battle-scarred lad kept getting closer until eventually he was too close to photograph.! This is full frame. Taken from behind the fence on the boardwalk at the rookery in Donna Nook.
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Posted by Matt Cole on December 9, 2008 at 3:21 PM
a nice portrait, obviously a bit tight in the frame but effective nevertheless.
Matt
Posted by John Robinson on December 9, 2008 at 6:12 PM
Echo that.
Good close up.
JohnR
Posted by Rob Ashton on December 9, 2008 at 6:59 PM
Nice close up shot but there is something out of focus at the nose that distracts ever so slightly.
Rob
Posted by Tom Smit on December 10, 2008 at 1:03 AM
Good shot. I agree with Rob A about OOF something.
And may be a little more space around especially the bottom.
Posted by Mark Sisson on December 10, 2008 at 4:36 AM
Nice portrait Robert - certainly tells a story of his battles.
With a subject this big in th frame a wee bit more DOF would have helped as it looks a smidgen soft in places to me (ie round the eye) - but that may be compression I grant.
Nice though.
Mark
Posted by John Chapman on December 10, 2008 at 5:32 AM
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Matt
Good close up.
JohnR
Rob
And may be a little more space around especially the bottom.
With a subject this big in th frame a wee bit more DOF would have helped as it looks a smidgen soft in places to me (ie round the eye) - but that may be compression I grant.
Nice though.
Mark