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taken last week in a corn field, weather sunny evening, canon 40d Canon EF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 L IS USM Lens 1/250 f5.6 ISO 400 slight crop hand held

Hi Jeff,

very nice pose and and well done for getting so close

However it looks a wee bit soft to me.

I think another round of sharpening may help, The 100-400 isnt known to be the sharpest tool in the box at the long end and 1/250 at 400mm is asking alot to get critical sharpness, Its not what i would call a very exciting image but as a stock image its ok

Dave

slighty sharpening as suggested/ mike

Mike the second post is much better, perhaps a hint more sharpening, but mask out the BG, only apply it to the Hare. I might also add a tad more contrast, might just do the trick IMHO? I mention on one of your earlier posts, re the 100-400, but I see DC has covered it.

Steve

I have to say that I have never had a problem with soft images from that particular lens that I couldn't put down to my own lack of ability. I do think that it is very easy to expect too much of the IS though. As with any long lens,there is also a temptation to use it when the subject is still too far away and that makes it even harder to keep it dead sharp, especially hand held. Personally I think this one is a little too soft Mike.
Eric

Nice comp & surroundings Mike
second image is much nicer, Nits already covered.

Lee