Treehugger

[Edward Arthur]

The lowly squirrel just doesn't get much good publicity these days, so I thought I'd train my newly-acquired EF 100-400 II on my resident backyard hooligan to see what happens.



Canon 6D
EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6 II @ 400mm
ISO 2000 1/1600 f/8
DPP 4 using basic settings per Artie/Arash's guide, PS CC for smart sharpening and selective curves on eye, nose and ears with a touch of Topaz Denoise on the BG.

C&C most welcome.

[Hazel Grant]

Is this full frame? Would have been nice to catch the tail too. Sharp. Like the light in the eyes, too.

[Diane Miller]

A cute shot but there are some very unusual areas of no detail and others where it looks overdone. That lens should be tack sharp.

Does the unadjusted raw look like that? Have a look at 100% or even 200%.

[Mike Lee]

His belly and neck look curiously blurry, but I have some shots like this too and they make me wonder what's up. It may be that the fur is too fine, and simply cannot be resolved at "Facebook" resolution. As Diane mentioned, wonder what a 100% crop looks like.

[Diane Miller]

This isn't the fur -- there is something wrong in the processing here. It looks like some major blurring was done (for noise reduction?) then some areas selectively sharpened. That won't give a good result. The original needs to be sharp and relatively noise-free for good processing.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Ed very cute looking backyard hooligan in a cool pose .
I think this is just operator error in PP edits , way too much NR for my liking . i guess you used NR twice , why that ?
Try to process within DPP with luminance NR set to 0 and stay away from Contrast , HL and SH slider , or use them very conservative . Just give it a try ! Better options for opening up shadows or toning down HL is PS , because you can work with luminance masks and make really targeted adjustments . IN DPP you have no idea what luminance values the software calls HL or Sh !!!!
It is like flying through the fog from my POV .

TFS Andreas