How Close Is Close ?

[kostas nianiopoulos]

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i got this image just to day , this guy near to the fence , i was almost feeling his breath . i thook the image through the
rails it wasnt easy to focus at all .

crop ( about 20% ) clone tool , hi pass . the fathers on his eat was over , so i made a 2nd layer via copty at this place , then i have change the blend mode in maltiply to bring out some details .

canon 50d , 1/197 , f18,2 , iso 800

thanks for watching .

[Harold Davis]

seems to need a little sharpening, kostas. that's all! and that is CLOSE!!

if you were at f/18, i would have sacrificed some DOF for SS here. i dont think you needed much dof anyways!!!!:)

[Lance Peters]

HI Kostas - close - this is Macro!
Agree with MR H - F18 was probably overkill here - F10 would have been sufficient easily and provided some more SS to guard against softness.
Good work with the PP to recover the whites.

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Interesting composition, f/18 was not needed this close. A wider aperture would have provided more SS and sharpness. Kostas, your work is very unique and I enjoy it.

[Dave Mills]

Hi Kostas, agree with previous comments. Interesting comp which holds my attention!

[Desmond Chan]

Like the composition ! I would sharpen the eye a bit.

What lens did you use, Kotas?

[kostas nianiopoulos]

Like the composition ! I would sharpen the eye a bit.

What lens did you use, Kotas?

hi Desmond this one was a EFS IS 18-200 canon

[Alfred Forns]

Close but not close enough to disguise what it is :D

Difficulty with that image is the limited dof, need to pick out what is important and zero on the area. Here there are lots of important or eye catching parts !!! Going close is fun and addictive !!!