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stoat (2)

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Posted by jeff acreman on January 29, 2012 at 12:58 PM
stoat (2)
taken the other day during my stoat project, this stoat came within a few feet of my position

canon 1D3
focal length 600mm
F5.6, 1/250, iso 640, +1/3

jeff acreman
Posted by Phil Ellard on January 29, 2012 at 2:11 PM
:wavey: Hi Jeff, amazing project you have going must be wonderful to get close to these cute little fellows.Shows excellent field craft. In terms of the picture the head of the stoat is not sharp and looks a bit smudged at the top. It looks as though either this is a rather large crop or the camera miss focused which happens? assuming it is not a crop check the others in the sequence to see if the others are more focused. Look foward to stoat 3. :toast: :toast:
Posted by Ian Mason on January 29, 2012 at 2:22 PM
It's a lovely composition and the facial expression is great - shame it's soft though. If it were sharp, it would have been a real winner!
Posted by jeff acreman on January 29, 2012 at 2:41 PM
repost !!

jeff acreman
Posted by Neil Burton on January 30, 2012 at 7:14 AM
I am guessing there is ALOT of noise reduction Jeff, just not working for me like that. everything else is good though.
Posted by PhilH on January 30, 2012 at 10:18 AM
Nice pose from this difficult to photograph animal... however, is it a largish crop? The quality is just not there.. I'm sorry but no amount of sharpening applied in PP will make a soft image sharp...

All the best
Posted by Robert Lawrence on January 30, 2012 at 2:13 PM
Very nearly there Jeff but, as has been mentioned, just not sharp enough. A great shame as it is a lovely close up portrait otherwise.
Posted by Matt Cole on January 30, 2012 at 2:43 PM
very nice pose Jeff but not sharp and lots of softening from NR.

Matt :toast: