I posted this Hare picture approximately one year ago. Unfortunately I had problems logging into my account since then and have I therefore setup a new one, and hence reposted this shot.
I took the picture whilst walking through a field adjacent to my parents house in Norfolk (they own a farm). I spotted the hare whilst walking through the field, unfortunately he saw me first and 'legged it' into a nearlby hedgerow. I kept very still and about 5-10 minutes later the hare hopped out and I managed to get a few shots before he noticed me again.
This picture is from April 2006 and I was using a Canon 350D with the 70-300 IS USM lens on full zoom, at ISO 400, F7.1, 1/640 Sec.
I look forward to your comments and criticism.
That's a lovely hare shot Matt. Good composition and nicely isolated within the environment. I like it a lot especially as we don't have any hares down here I shall assume it is sharp as I'm viewing on a really poor work set up. I shall take a look later at home.
All the best,
Robert
Thank you for the kind comment. Yes it is pretty sharp, well on my monitor at least
Posted by Rob Fisher on October 13, 2009 at 7:41 AM
Matt,
Nice work. I like the composition, works well.
Maybe benefit from another round of USM at the re-sized resolution.
Rob
Posted by Andy Astbury on October 13, 2009 at 8:29 AM
Hi Matt - a nice clean image
Personally I'd just give a bit of selective sharpening to the hares head/face and leave the rest of the image as it is.
Posted by David Sewell on October 13, 2009 at 8:39 AM
Hi Matt,
Good to have you back, and a fine capture of a hare to start with - you have caught the wariness of the animal beautifully. I do agree with Rob, that another round of USM would help. I hope you don't mind, but I am posting a re-worked example to show what I mean. For this I copied the picture into Photoshop, selected the hare itself using the magic wand tool, and used the Unsharp Mask (USM) tool in the enhance menu of Photoshop. I also upped the contrast a little. It looks better on my screen, but you can never tell until actually uploaded!
Hi thanks for all the input so far. I definitely agree it requires a tad more sharpening and prefer david's effort to my own. I don't mind anyone having a play with the pic. I am going to have a go myself this evening and see what happens :-) I'm not the most confident when it comes to sharpening, and am never quite sure if I have done enough (I tend to er on the side of caution, undersharpening rather than overshapening).
Posted by Barry Southon on October 13, 2009 at 9:49 AM
Matt
Very nice indeed caught the hare just write. Useful sharpening info too.
Hello again Matt,
just looked at this again on a decent monitor at home and I like it even more. You did exceptionally well to get such a good shot with a 300mm.
A really nice shot Matt. Well captured. I do think David's selective sharpening helps. I agree with you though its hard sometimes to know just how much to do.
Posted by Craig Jones on October 13, 2009 at 1:26 PM
Lovely composition,lovely detail, a well composed image,well done
Posted by Fran French on October 13, 2009 at 2:20 PM
Very nice indeed.
Fran
Posted by Ian Mason on October 13, 2009 at 3:48 PM
A cracker! I can almost see his nose twitch! I love these and hope to have a go one day.
Posted by Mark Green on October 13, 2009 at 3:57 PM
very nice image, love the background too. the hare is my nemisis at the moment, !!!
I'll get one someday
Discussion
13 repliesI took the picture whilst walking through a field adjacent to my parents house in Norfolk (they own a farm). I spotted the hare whilst walking through the field, unfortunately he saw me first and 'legged it' into a nearlby hedgerow. I kept very still and about 5-10 minutes later the hare hopped out and I managed to get a few shots before he noticed me again.
This picture is from April 2006 and I was using a Canon 350D with the 70-300 IS USM lens on full zoom, at ISO 400, F7.1, 1/640 Sec.
I look forward to your comments and criticism.
Kind regards
Matt
All the best,
Robert
Nice work. I like the composition, works well.
Maybe benefit from another round of USM at the re-sized resolution.
Rob
Personally I'd just give a bit of selective sharpening to the hares head/face and leave the rest of the image as it is.
Good to have you back, and a fine capture of a hare to start with - you have caught the wariness of the animal beautifully. I do agree with Rob, that another round of USM would help. I hope you don't mind, but I am posting a re-worked example to show what I mean. For this I copied the picture into Photoshop, selected the hare itself using the magic wand tool, and used the Unsharp Mask (USM) tool in the enhance menu of Photoshop. I also upped the contrast a little. It looks better on my screen, but you can never tell until actually uploaded!
David
Very nice indeed caught the hare just write. Useful sharpening info too.
just looked at this again on a decent monitor at home and I like it even more. You did exceptionally well to get such a good shot with a 300mm.
Robert
Fran
I'll get one someday
Mark.G