Way to go Knarf! I like the last one best. There is a slight focus issue with it but you got the most important element - the eyes - in focus.
Got any Cougar or Otter shots? A few more GFM's and we can make you into a regular Moose Peterson!. Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PDML" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 6:26 PM Subject: GFM Animals in Captivity: Da Bearss!! > A few things. First of all, my apologies for the huge files for the > first bunch of GFM shots that I took with Cesar's *istD. I knew they > were taken as Jpegs, but I had no idea that PS was converting them > into something else. I mean I knew they were huge files, but I > couldn't figure out why. > > Now I know, the problem's been rememdied, and these are reasonable > sized files, so they won't take long to load. > > Second, I only sharpened the foreground for the second shot, so the > bokeh won't be so bad. Still not that lovely smooth buttery Pentax > bokeh, but still, better than the cougar shots. > > I think there was a third thing, but I forget what it is. It'll come > to me later. > > The Bear Pit: > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3451475&size=lg > > Begging for Peanuts: > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3451459&size=lg > > Mildred?: > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3451450&size=lg > > The last one is my favourite. I cropped (gasp!) slightly (sometimes > ya gotta do what ya gotta do), and I may have missed the focus on that > front eye just a smidge, but not a hell of a lot (by my standards > anyway <g>). I don't know if that is Mildred the bear or not; maybe > someone who knows can tell me. As far as my kids are concerned, > however, it's Mildred <g>. > > Comments are welcome. > > Oh yeah, now I remember what #3 (above) was: sort of an apology for > so few people GFM shots to date - I have only one disk from GFM on > hand (Mark burned it for me late Saturday afternoon), the rest of my > digi-shots Cesar downloaded to burn at his place, and they're winging > their way to me as we speak (I think - or do I need to give Cesar my > address?). > > So, for now you'll have to be content with the Street Guy shooting > animals and plants and nature and stuff he knows nothing about <LOL>. > > cheers, > frank > > > > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson >
