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Posted by Jim Neiger on Fri Dec 10, 2004 8:45 am

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by jnadler on Fri Dec 10, 2004 9:18 am
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Beautiful. The head and eyes are sharp. For myself, with protraits like this . . I were it were possible to have increased sharpness on the body. When I try closeups like this, even at F13, I get the same results of limited DOF.

I am waiting to see one of your posts state that you've handheld a borrowed 600mm.
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by Kristi Graham on Fri Dec 10, 2004 9:20 am
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I love headshots and it looks like the purple gallinule has a question for you! Very rich colors.
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by Jim Neiger on Fri Dec 10, 2004 9:22 am
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jnadler wrote:Beautiful. The head and eyes are sharp. For myself, with protraits like this . . I were it were possible to have increased sharpness on the body. When I try closeups like this, even at F13, I get the same results of limited DOF.

I am waiting to see one of your posts state that you've handheld a borrowed 600mm.
I tried to keep the DOF narrow so only the face was sharp. I wanted the face to pop and the rest to be just a bg of nice colors.
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by Fabs Forns on Fri Dec 10, 2004 9:23 am
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I like the DOF a lot, keeps the attention on the birds expresion. Great job!!!!
 

by fredcor on Fri Dec 10, 2004 9:48 am
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Marvelous close-up.
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by Sandy Mossberg on Fri Dec 10, 2004 9:52 am
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Sweet shot, Jim. Great sharpness where you wanted it.

Because you wanted a "narrow" DOF to concentrate on the face, I would have showed less of the OOF body by cropping about 20-25% of the bottom. Simply a matter of individual taste.

Sorry I was snake-bit again. You're a good guy, Jim.
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The head tilt makes it for me. Nice one Jim.
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by E.J. Peiker on Fri Dec 10, 2004 10:48 am
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Now that is close. Cool shot!
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by Jim Urbach on Fri Dec 10, 2004 3:54 pm
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Wow, were you ever close. I like it.

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by Chris Kayler on Fri Dec 10, 2004 4:06 pm
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This is soooo cool. My kinda shot Jim,love it.
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by Tomasz on Fri Dec 10, 2004 4:16 pm
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Love this shot, Jim. I like everything about it 8)
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by Christopher Dodds on Fri Dec 10, 2004 4:21 pm
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Nice one, Jim. Love the colours.
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Great expression. Well done.
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Way Cool Jim !!!! I like the slight tilted head This is one difficult bird to expose properly !!!!! Nailed !!!!!

Congratulations !!!!! 8) 8)
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by Jim Neiger on Fri Dec 10, 2004 7:48 pm
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AForns wrote:Way Cool Jim !!!! I like the slight tilted head This is one difficult bird to expose properly !!!!! Nailed !!!!!

Congratulations !!!!! 8) 8)
Thanks Al. I made this image the day I met you. :)
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Jim using the lens the way you do make a huge difference !!!!!! I remember you even got the GB with the snake :shock: 8) 8)
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Love the shallow dof here ...
A nice shot, Jim! :roll:
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by Parrothead Pete on Fri Dec 10, 2004 10:13 pm
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Gorgeous as usual. I was there this afternoon and didn't see this guy...

How did you manage the angle over there with a handheld 500mm?

were you standing or did you shoot this through the railing?
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by Jim Neiger on Fri Dec 10, 2004 10:50 pm
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Parrothead Pete wrote:Gorgeous as usual. I was there this afternoon and didn't see this guy...

How did you manage the angle over there with a handheld 500mm?

were you standing or did you shoot this through the railing?
Thanks Pete. I waited for him to climb up to the top of a stalk of fireflag. He was pretty much eye level with me as I was standing on the boardwalk. I had to back up so he wouldn't be inside the minimum focus distance of my lens.
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