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    Default Kirk's Dik Dik - Madoqua kirkii

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    At about 15 inches in height, Kirk's Dik Dik is reputed to be one of the worlds smallest antelope. This image was created in Samburu, Kenya. We observed several species of Dik Dik, all of whom were quite shy. I applied a gaussian blur to the bg, is it too much? I hope you like my image. C and C welcome, I'm here to learn. - John

    f/6.3 1/1000 @ ISO 200
    Canon 1D MkII
    Canon EF 500mm 1:4 L IS USM
    Kenisis Safari Sack (Bean Bag)

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    OMG, if I could only borrow those eyes for an afternoon :)

    Sweet animal, wish the BG was a little smoother.

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    Very well done considering the surroundings.

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    John,

    Beautiful animal well presented in the habitat. I think the blurring of the BG is too obvious as you can see the cutoff along the back. I would leave it as is or make it more subtle.

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    Beautiful animal, very similar to the Damaraland Dik Dik that you see in Etosha.
    This animals fur often makes it look like an image has been sharpened even if it has not.
    I presume the background was all of the usual sticks and branches, I would try it again with slightly less blur.

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    John that is the best image of a dik dik that I have seen. Simply gorgeous. I tried many times to capture this little species but never got anything close to as nice as this one is. Congratulations I love it.

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    Robert, I deleted and then re-did a gaussian blur. I reduced it's intensity and brought it lower, to below the belly. I find this less obvious, but certainly gives a far busier bg. What do you think? Many thanks for the suggestions. - John

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    John,

    Beautiful animal well presented in the habitat. I think the blurring of the BG is too obvious as you can see the cutoff along the back. I would leave it as is or make it more subtle.

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    Ken, you can now see the sticks and branches. Unfortunately these little guys seem to prefer this type of habitat. Thanks. - John

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    Judy, Thank you, you are very kind, I'm so glad you like it. - John
    Last edited by John Lowin; 02-27-2009 at 06:18 PM.

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    John,
    Sweet fellow. I love its eyes.

    In such situations it is better to try either to use the widest possible lens opening or the narrowest possible. So either you get blurred bg or most of the background in focus. In this case, you have used f6.3, where as you could have used f4. The animal is parallel to the frame. So f4 would have covered it up well and you would have got a more diffused bg. Or you could have tried at f11. Shutter speed would have come down, but would have been manageable.

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    Sabyasachi

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