Jay Taylor wrote: > > Sorry, > I forget that everyone is not on broadband everywhere. Here is the > smaller version: > http://i.pbase.com/o4/87/63987/1/63102287.xVSnM975.GBHPortraitSmall.jpg > Thanks, Jay!
> I hear you guys on the DOF, but I wonder if one can still maintain a > nice background bokeh while increasing the depth of field? It's a pretty sweet shot - I wouldn't worry about that extra sharpness... I like the bokeh - I don't care if the tip of his beak is soft... But I think you might have had a bit of camera shake - and that, and not soft focus is what is just a tad off about it. Did he catch the fish? :) BEst, ann Bird may not cooperate if you bracketed focal point :) :) > What would be nice is if our cameras had an auto bracketing feature > for DOF. I guess when making these images it might be worth taking > several shots at different f-stops. > > JayT > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 04:40:40 -0700 > > From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: RE: PEOW: Great Blue Heron Portrait > > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > > > Hello, Jay ... > > > > I almost stopped the download of your file, but I was into it quite > > a bit > > and decided to wait until it loaded completely. There's no reason > > or need > > to post an 825K file fore a web image. Many viewers are on slow, > > dial-up > > connections, and the wait to see a file of so great a size can be > > quite > > long. Had I tried to download this during a time when Internet > > traffic was > > heavier, I would have stopped the download. > > > > When I first saw the bird's eyes I was thinking that this was going > > to be > > something special, and really worth the wait. But, alas, it turns > > out that > > DOF is too shallow, and apart from the eyes and an area around the > > top of > > the beak, much of the bird is not in sharp focus. The tip of the > > beak is > > not sharp, nor is the neck and feathers, both areas which seem > > important > > (at least to me) in a shot such as this. > > > > I really like your subtle sig in the lower right corner. > > > > Jay, for the most part I really like your work, but you continually > > post > > very large-sized images that sometimes make it too time consuming > > for me - > > and I know others - to enjoy viewing. > > > > Shel > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
