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Brown hare leveret

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Posted by jeff acreman on January 6, 2012 at 1:33 PM
Brown hare leveret
taken a while ago during a very cloudy afternoon, through a gateway, hence foreground blurr

canon 1D3, 400mm + 1.4x converter
focal length 560mm, F4, 1/8000, iso 1600
Posted by keith mitchell on January 6, 2012 at 2:12 PM
Jeff i do go for these images with blur in the forground,this one looks great to me even with one eye obscured.

Keith. :smile:
Posted by Nick Mckeown on January 6, 2012 at 2:56 PM
I'm with Keith on this one. Great image and that eye.......feels as though its looking right at you!

Nick. :toast: :toast: :toast: :smile: :wavey: :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Robert Lawrence on January 7, 2012 at 11:07 AM
I too like the unusual angle on this one Jeff and has been mentioned it is the eye staring straight at you which makes the image. Processing looks a bit light and flat on my screen though. Could do with a bit more pp work. I would particularly be looking to add some contrast to that eye to make it 'pop' more.
Posted by Bob Johnson on January 7, 2012 at 1:16 PM
An interesting shot but sorry it is to much mush for me.

Bob :smile:
Posted by PhilH on January 7, 2012 at 2:54 PM
Jeff, love the expression you have captured which makes for a very endearing image.

I am not a fan of square crops, probably from years of having to use it... I do have to question your techs a little and feel that a bit more thought here would have improved the image a lot...

You could have reduced your ISO, stopped down just a little and still have kept a good shutter speed, you certainly did not need 1/8000 @ ISO1600... a lower ISO would have given you a 'cleaner' image noise wise and stopping down a little would have given you a sharper image ( at f4 you must have been shooting with a 400/2.8 and you were wide open with a converter which is not really recommended even if that lens is one of Canons sharpest).

The general rule of thumb is to stop down one stop for a 1.4x and 2 stops for a 2x extender...

HTH



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Posted by Ian Mason on January 7, 2012 at 5:36 PM
Nits covered and good advice given. I do like the concept though.
Posted by Phil Ellard on January 8, 2012 at 9:14 AM
it is a bit noisey but i do not mind the mush. I shot wide open with a 1.4 on my 200 - 400 f4 with out any worries :toast: :toast:
Posted by Oscar Dewhurst on January 8, 2012 at 3:08 PM
I like the idea but agree with Phil H about techs. Still a very nice image :toast:

Oscar :wavey:

Phil E I do the same without any problems