Very curious Raccoon

[John Hawkins]

I found this curious fellow at J N "Ding" Darling Wildlife Refuge this past April. He kept coming towards the camera. If you look really close, you can see me in his eyes. I used my Sony Alpha 100 with a Sigma 50-500 lens. The data- f/5.6, 1/250, 0ev,ISO 250, 160mm. Thanks for looking, all C&C's welcomed.
John

[Robert O'Toole]

Hi John,

Nice portrait. The eye contact is just great!

The only problem for me, I think it might just be processing, but the image seems a little noisy. NR software would clean it right up.

Robert

[Robert Amoruso]

John, If you do any NR, do it on the BG only not on the sharp parts of the face.

Working tight produced a clean looking portrait.

[Joanna Trescott]

John. Great shot. I have a hard time seeing the noise, but I am just learning. Great compositoin and catch light.