Squirrel in Feeder

[KurtPreston]

http://kurtpreston.smugmug.com/photos/245505341-L.jpg

EXIF: http://kurtpreston.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=245505341

I think I probably should have brightened the squirrel up a small bit, and the DOF may have been slightly too shallow.

EXIF for the clicking impaired (wink): Caon 30D, 100-400L at 400mm, F5.6, ISO 400, 1/320th,

[Nonda Surratt]

Hi Kurt!!!!

Good to see you here;) Would maybe be nice if you would type out the camera info?

Nice sharp ears and I like the sqirts color,not blue:-) the mouth is moving so maybe a bit more shutter speed and the green bits on the left?

Like the hint of pink tongue, cute

[KurtPreston]

Would maybe be nice if you would type out the camera info?

Hi yourself! What, you want me to do EXIF the hard way ;) Yeah, okay, can do.

[Alfred Forns]

Kurt the sharpest point as Nonda pointed out is behind the eye (about at the base of the ears)

Any areas that appear not as sharp I'm sure will have to do with the slow shutter speed and camera shake Remember that your 400 becomes a 640 with the crop factor

Lighten the image just a bit and used PhotoKit capture sharpening then slight selective sharpening with the PhotKit brushes Finally just a tad of smart sharpening

[KurtPreston]

Thankee Alfred! I was sure it could use a bit of lightening up, but have never used Photokit. I did do some Smart Sharpening in CS3, but you made it look 100% better :) Was on a tripod, using a remote shutter release, at the time so all the softness around the mouth was most likely from him chewing sunflower seeds. I normally go real light on CS3 sharpening cause it is soooo easy to make it look over-sharpened. Will check out the Photokit package though!