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Critique By:
Drowned Rat (K:249)
10/17/2005 5:11:47 PM
Thanks for looking Nadia!
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Critique By:
Drowned Rat (K:249)
10/17/2005 5:10:31 PM
LOL - Cheers Vanessa!
I still have all my fingers this time!
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Critique By:
Drowned Rat (K:249)
10/17/2005 5:06:31 PM
Thanks Joggie,
Unforunately I'm not blessed with great light all the time in the UK, and I always seem to be fighting shutter speed and apeture....
Need to get some more sun!
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Critique By:
Nadia Stanke (K:5318)
10/17/2005 12:29:04 AM
Wonderful, amazing shot, you've captured the feathers SO well...love it!
Nadia
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Critique By:
Nadia Stanke (K:5318)
10/17/2005 12:27:25 AM
Great pic, well done 
Nadia
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Critique By:
Sam Kh (K:19017)
10/15/2005 11:44:26 AM
interesting and wonderful shot
well done
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Critique By:
SAM (K:1503)
10/15/2005 3:11:27 AM
Boy is he ticked off, your lucky it didn't attack you. Scary! Nice shot and great timing to catch it's Temperamental side.
SAM
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Critique By:
Yamil Saenz (K:12434)
10/14/2005 7:53:03 PM
Awesome shot
Thanks for sahring.
Yamil
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Dr. checo13 (K:811)
10/14/2005 7:07:14 PM
nice pose
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Critique By:
patrizio napolitano (K:13119)
10/14/2005 4:20:57 PM
molto felino!
patrizio
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vanessa shakesheff (K:68840)
10/14/2005 4:00:24 PM
Great picture the green makes him really stand out.regards vanessa
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Critique By:
vanessa shakesheff (K:68840)
10/14/2005 3:59:21 PM
Beautiful picture.regards vanessa
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vanessa shakesheff (K:68840)
10/14/2005 3:58:39 PM
With his ears he looks like something out of gremlins.You did,nt feed him after midnight did you.regards vanessa
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Joggie van Staden (K:41700)
10/14/2005 2:47:04 PM
Another great image Drowned Rat. Again, a smaller aperture would render the whole head in sharp focus while the long focal length will ensure good separation with the background. Great work.
Joggie
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Critique By:
Joggie van Staden (K:41700)
10/14/2005 2:44:09 PM
Great image Drowned Rat! Your "try" shots are better than many I have seen on the site. I would like a bit more space arond the head, especially in the front and on top. A smaller aperture would also give a bit more detail on the fox's head. Well done and keep posting. Regards.
Joggie
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Critique By:
NN (K:26787)
10/14/2005 9:01:55 AM
Excellent capture!
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Critique By:
NN (K:26787)
10/14/2005 9:00:55 AM
WOW ... that investigating eye looks just fabulous! Well done!
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NN (K:26787)
10/14/2005 9:00:09 AM
Soooo cute!!! Very nice pose! Thanks for sharing!
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Critique By:
Margaret Sturgess (K:49403)
10/14/2005 6:29:34 AM
Saw Janice's critique - interesting info on how you got this shot, although don't understand it all I am 'technically challenged' as well as 'vertically challanged' LOL Very clever to be having a go and working out how to do these things and with a nice result. As for post processing you could perhaps try more blur to make a definite blurry soft image, which might look good as the colour is so lovely, or I had a go at sharpening and a noise reduction filter -see what you think
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Critique By:
Drowned Rat (K:249)
10/13/2005 12:25:35 PM
Thanks again Jan!
This is an immature 'UK' Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
And thanks - I'll try and find and take a look at some of those photos
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Critique By:
Drowned Rat (K:249)
10/13/2005 12:22:51 PM
Thanks Jan!
The light level was pretty low, so I could not get the depth of field to get the whole thing in focus......
Next time.........!
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Critique By:
Drowned Rat (K:249)
10/13/2005 12:21:11 PM
Hi Jan.
Thanks for your comments. I'm not sure I have the answers as I'm learning too, but this will tell you what we did....
This capture is a collaboration between me and a friend playing at what could be done with a Night Vision Monocular I bought for wildlife watching. I found you could get an adaptor for a Digital Camera, and so decided to give it a try.....
The Camera provides exposure information, but there is no aperture control and the focus is manual. So it took a bit of experimentation to get a 'correctly' exposed image. It's a factor of how much IR illumination you have (the monocular has a built in source)and how far you are from the target as the reflected light intensity varies significantly.
We found it was necessary to have a high ISO setting (3200 if I recall) and a low shutter speed. This guarantees grain I guess, but I think the bulk of the effect is from the monocular that seems to be grainy by the way it fuctions. This capture is actually hand held, so maybe it could get a bit better with a tripod as the shutter is going at about 1/45 to 1/60 in the case of this capture. Focussing was very difficult as the depth of field of this arrangement is very thin....! (perhaps another reason for a tripod?)
I'm only just learning about post processing - I get a lot of comments about cropping! - I'm starting to have a go - so thanks for that. If I get the time, I'll try and do it and re-post....
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Jan Graziano (K:17920)
10/13/2005 3:27:18 AM
Another great shot - especially the eyes - this little guy is definately looking for his next meal. Not sure if it is a falcon or a hawk and I know next to nothing about birds - but this one is a beauty. Belated welcome to usefilm. If you ever need inspiration on your wildlife shots - be sure and visit Darlene's portfolio. (But then you have probably already done so.) You have a great camera - my sons Robert and Sam use that one and Robert also uses a Sigma. Their portfolios are pretty spectacular too. Sam is new to photography but Rob has been shooting and uploading for a year or so. They far surpass me, but I have hope. Jan
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Jan Graziano (K:17920)
10/13/2005 3:21:45 AM
What a wonderful capture. Talk about "in your face!" This is an up close and personal shot for sure. Wonderful detail and those eyes are spectacular. Well done! Jan
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Jan Graziano (K:17920)
10/13/2005 3:19:50 AM
This looks just like the night vision shots I have seen in some movies - same effect. Did the ISO and everything set itself or is there a particular setting required with your night vision equipment? Just wondered if you could have gotten the same effect with a lower ISO which would have made the shot less grainy - or is this the effect achieved with this equipment? New to photography so these are "I'd like to learn" questions. I might have done a tighter crop on the right - yet leaving enough of the black so it still looks as if the flower is reaching out. Jan
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Critique By:
Margaret Sturgess (K:49403)
10/10/2005 1:16:18 PM
Love the whiskers
Margaret
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Critique By:
Margaret Sturgess (K:49403)
10/10/2005 1:15:40 PM
Oh my word how wonderful, what a capture, so cute too
Margaret
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Critique By:
Ralf Denguth (K:3353)
10/10/2005 12:07:12 PM
Perfect capture Drowned..well done..
Best regards..Ralf
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Critique By:
Drowned Rat (K:249)
10/10/2005 11:43:32 AM
Thanks Marco!
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Critique By:
Marco Maresca (K:14418)
10/10/2005 11:38:20 AM
Beautiful capture!!!
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