Posted by David Sewell on March 16, 2013 at 8:43 AM
Image taken on: Thu Mar 14, 2013 12:47
Focal length: 600 mm
Shutter speed: 1/2500 sec
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO speed: 800
White-balance: Auto
Flash: No
Camera make: NIKON CORPORATION
Camera model: D600
Lens: 600.0 mm f/4.0
Exposure mode: Aperture priority
Exposure compensation: 0 EV
Metering mode: Centre Weighted Average
I recently saw a sight I have wanted to see for ages, hares boxing. Unfortunately they were far too close for my lens, and there was no time to change to something wider-angled. However, I was delighted just to see the sight, and I did get a number of shots of the male between two bouts, of which this is one of the best. You can just see the nose of the female on the right of the picture, but I am more interested in your reaction to that out of focus tussock bottom left. A nice bit of mush, or a total distraction?
Thanks for looking.
David
Posted by John Robinson on March 16, 2013 at 8:51 AM
Bit of a distraction for me David I,m affraid
I think your other recent big hare shot is much better
None of these around here. I even went up to my home town recently for a few days to look for these and owls and saw nothing of either !
I'll stick to big beaks !
Cheers
JR
Hi david, I would suggest a tighter crop which will help the overall image and by doing so, will imply the tighter crop was deliberate. I would also suggest looking at the saturation and or, the yellow. Just opening up the image brings more detail, especially to the ear, eye & nose. It could also stand some more selective sharpening on the head/chest as the detail is there, just a bit more teasing out. Like the pose and the quirky single ear.
TFS
Steve
Posted by David Sewell on March 16, 2013 at 11:24 AM
Thanks, steve, for your suggestions. I am posting a revised version Steve kindly sent me. I think the colour balance is much better, but I am less sure about the crop. What do others think?
David
Posted by John Robinson on March 16, 2013 at 2:29 PM
David
Mush sorted but in my humble opinion the animal is now a tad too far right.
Each to their own.
Cheers
JR
David I think there is a great improvement on the hare itself on the second one but I like the cropping better on the first and the bit of mush is not a problem for me ,bet you where pleased to get the chance.
Keith
Posted by Nick Mckeown on March 16, 2013 at 3:45 PM
Prefer the original crop David, agrre with some selective sharpening especially on the eye. Great pose!
Nick.
Posted by Barry Southon on March 17, 2013 at 3:35 PM
Discussion
8 repliesFocal length: 600 mm
Shutter speed: 1/2500 sec
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO speed: 800
White-balance: Auto
Flash: No
Camera make: NIKON CORPORATION
Camera model: D600
Lens: 600.0 mm f/4.0
Exposure mode: Aperture priority
Exposure compensation: 0 EV
Metering mode: Centre Weighted Average
I recently saw a sight I have wanted to see for ages, hares boxing. Unfortunately they were far too close for my lens, and there was no time to change to something wider-angled. However, I was delighted just to see the sight, and I did get a number of shots of the male between two bouts, of which this is one of the best. You can just see the nose of the female on the right of the picture, but I am more interested in your reaction to that out of focus tussock bottom left. A nice bit of mush, or a total distraction?
Thanks for looking.
David
I think your other recent big hare shot is much better
None of these around here. I even went up to my home town recently for a few days to look for these and owls and saw nothing of either !
I'll stick to big beaks !
Cheers
JR
TFS
Steve
David
Mush sorted but in my humble opinion the animal is now a tad too far right.
Each to their own.
Cheers
JR
Keith
Nick.
Well captured and so different from the norm.
Oscar