Good morning Foxy!

Posted by Vadim Chiline on Thu Sep 09, 2004 11:04 pm

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Took this shot at an animal rehab center around my area. He had just woken up and was stretching his spine while letting out a great big yawn! Light was horrible, so I had to pump up to ISO 800.

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Canon 10D
Canon 100-400mm
Shutter: 1/100
Aperture: f5.6
Focal length: 400mm
ISO: 800
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by PF on Fri Sep 10, 2004 12:55 am

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Excellent !
With a better background, it would be perfect.

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by DC on Fri Sep 10, 2004 3:04 am

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Nicely done. Excellent detail in the coat.

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by Carol Clarke on Fri Sep 10, 2004 4:51 am

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Nice catch!

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by E.J. Peiker on Fri Sep 10, 2004 9:19 am

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Gorgeous. I would definitely consider smoothing out the wood plank lines in the background to take it to the next level. The lens blur filter could make this look like it was taken with an f/2.8 lens resulting in a smoother background.

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by Paul Skoczylas on Fri Sep 10, 2004 9:22 am

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If you can make the background look less like planking, this will be fantastic! Great job!

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by Vadim Chiline on Fri Sep 10, 2004 9:56 am

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ahhh.. the love of photoshop... I just didn't do it since it was a captive animal anyways. But sure, it's an easy fix with the new lens blurr filter in Photoshop CS.

I'll try to repost later when I'm with my home PC.

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by JohnS on Fri Sep 10, 2004 2:18 pm

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Unusual and very nice.

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by joseph motto on Fri Sep 10, 2004 5:33 pm

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Vadim,
Just put my name on the list of admirers. Surprising how good this looks at 800.

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by Bill Keown on Fri Sep 10, 2004 7:37 pm

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A great moment to catch and done very well. Just need a better (or improved) bg.
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by NDCheryl on Fri Sep 10, 2004 8:22 pm

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Nice yawn. Excellent detail in the coat.

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by Rich S on Sat Sep 11, 2004 9:21 pm

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Yawn and colors are great. And 800 ISO doesn't look like a problem, at least at this size. Only wish is for a bit more room on all sides, but I'm guessing you framed it close to eliminate HOM.

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by Vadim Chiline on Sat Sep 11, 2004 9:27 pm

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Yeah, tight crop was important to avoid that horrible wall. In any case, it's one of those "OMG, he's YAWNING GOTTA SHOOOOT". So I don't know if I instinctively cropped him like that

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