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Woodmouse in snow

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5 replies
Posted by Niall Riddell on April 2, 2006 at 5:24 PM
Hi Guys,

Another from my small mammals series. This little fellow was caught inside and would have been for the chop otherwise! :biggrin:

There was heavy snow around the house so I made up the set to reflect this and I attempted to get right down to the mouses eye view to show of its huge eyes and ears.

Hope you like it!

Canon EOS, Velvia 100F, 50mm f/1.8 with 13mm extension tube at about 1/60, f/3.5

Niall
Posted by Kevin Lewis on April 2, 2006 at 5:30 PM
I would be happy with this if I'd taken it in the wild but with a controlled situation personally I would of looked to get a greater dof whilst still leaving the bg oof. A slight head turn to our right may of improved the composition?
Posted by Rob Chace on April 2, 2006 at 5:38 PM
Niall,
like the composistion, like the idea, but agree with Kevin re the depth of field. A tad more & it would be a cracker. (Still great though & i would be happy with it!) :toast:

Rob
Posted by Dave Courtenay on April 3, 2006 at 3:14 AM
Agree with above comments regarding DOF,Good idea and nearly there :toast:
Posted by PhilH on April 3, 2006 at 4:05 AM
Hi, good concept, but I'm afraid given that it is a controlled situation I think a lot more could have been made of the image, I find that the bg competes with the subject a bit too much and as said more could have been made of the DoF....

Still good to see....

All the best

Posted by Niall Riddell on April 4, 2006 at 2:53 AM
Cheers for the comments guys, much appreciated.

I have other images with greater DoF but unfortunately they lack any impact and show less character in the mouse. I will work harder with the backgrounds and try again!

Niall