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Brown Hare Portrait

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Posted by Ron McCombe on May 19, 2010 at 5:48 AM
Brown Hare Portrait
I was watching a group of hares hoping to see some action, but it never happened. The group split up and this one came down towards me, stopping about 10 feet away.

Canon 50D, canon 500mm f4, f5, 1/800 sec ISO 320
Posted by Tim Munsey on May 19, 2010 at 8:10 AM
A fine portrait, a tad overexposed, also would be better in sRGB for web viewing (I think but maybe out of date on this).
Tell me Ron what aftershave do you wear? When they see me they sprint away right over the horizon.

Tim
Posted by Mark Green on May 19, 2010 at 8:18 AM
Hi Ron ,a Very Nice portriat, nice and sharp and cracking details, those are some ears. !!
Exposure looks good to me, :confused: .

Just needs a tad more saturation, Vibrance, Levels. to give the image that final Pop.

:toast:
Mark.G
Posted by Ian Butler on May 19, 2010 at 9:20 AM
Great portrait. Already been said about being overexposed and needs a little punch to the saturation. Great detail. Wish i could get this close to them! :toast:
Posted by Calum Dickson on May 19, 2010 at 9:28 AM
Ron, I need some of your luck :smile:. The close proximity has certainly paid off with bags of detail in the fur and the eye.
I viewed this in Internet explorer at first and it does appear overexposed but viewing it again in Firefox the exposure looks spot on. This might be due to the colour space used as Internet Explorer does not colour manage. The vibrance and levels have already been covered.

If it had been mine I might have upped the ISO to 400 and gone for F8 to try and get both the ears sharp.


:toast:
Calum
Posted by Dale Sutton on May 19, 2010 at 10:18 AM
Great close-up Ron could do with the background toning down a tad and a bit more saturation.

Dale :toast:
Posted by Dave Bartlett on May 19, 2010 at 10:53 AM
Indeed a fine image with some of the tweaks suggested I think. I would be thrilled to get one at 10 yards, much less 10 feet !!
Posted by eric weight on May 19, 2010 at 12:37 PM
I love big close-ups Ron and this is a beauty. I would reduce the exposure a bit, as it is a little washed out. Poor old lad has a weepy eye :frown:
Well done for grabbing your chance.
:toast: eric
Posted by Ian Mason on May 19, 2010 at 2:05 PM
What a sad soul! Looks to me also to need a bit of a boost or drop in exposure, but an image that is well worth the effort.
Posted by Maggie Campbell on May 19, 2010 at 5:35 PM
Nit covered re colour boost but a cracking close-up portrait Ron. I have still not managed to see any let alone get a photograph of one (even distant). :smile:
Posted by Ian Macdermott on May 19, 2010 at 5:56 PM
Lovely close up Ron :toast:

Nits already covered.
Posted by Andy Gregory on May 20, 2010 at 5:57 AM
Nice close up, just wish I could be so lucky!
Posted by Phil Mclean on May 20, 2010 at 4:05 PM
Nits covered on a very good portrait Ron.

Phil. :toast: :wavey:
Posted by Ron McCombe on May 20, 2010 at 5:53 PM
Thanks everyone for you comments, I'll take them on board

Ron