This picture works for me because it's a closeup and is such an usual shot. DOF does not bother me at all. Nice choice on framing. I could see this being some sort of silly animal greeting card.
Tom C. >From: Jay Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: PEOW: Great Blue Heron Portrait >Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 00:11:52 -0700 > >Here's a shot taken a couple months back with the *istDS with the >FA*300 f4.5 stacked with the F1.7X Adapter. This combo gives me a >510mm focal length and is not too shabby provided there is some >decent light. I tried some Noise Ninja reduction in the BibbleLite >Raw processing, but didn't like the way detail was lost on the bird >even though the background was quite a bit better without the noise. >I suppose if I took the time, I could combine two images (one with >noise removed in background), but I'm hard pressed to even get this >much posted lately. >Comments & critique are always helpful from you folks. > >Thanks, >JayT > >http://i.pbase.com/o4/87/63987/1/63091875.IxUtTQK6.GBHPortrait.jpg > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

