Sean
I'm not sure about the likeness to Robert Deniro but it's certainly an interesting up close image of a hornbill. Those eyelashes are something else. I did just a little different crop to show more detail and cut out a little of the OOF BG. I think it would be even better if you could post the image larger to see all the detail.
Truly bedroom eyes Sean. Really like the close crop and I like the repost that Lana did as it really focuses in on the eye a touch more. Neat capture and thanks for sharing !
Of tecnical note, you achieved nice depth of field at the large F stop used. Exposure-wise, you did well as there are a multitude of tonal shades of black/gray that were recorded well.
I am curious why you are using ISO 100 as with your camera as ISO 200 and 400 are low noise and would give you even more depth of field if desired.
And yes he really wiggled around as I applied the mascara on those lashes. ;-)
Jeff, thanks for the tech complements. But hmm. I'm stumped. I thought I had a basic understanding at least some of the basics, like the aperature and focal length affecting DOF. But your saying ISO would also affect DOF? How so?
I had a bright sunny mid day > early afternoon lowish winter sun and always shoot for lowest ISO possible to get an adequately ~as fast as possible~ SS. So I try to minimize noise and shoot for the lowest ISO that my light will allow.
I mentioned that the image had good depth of field for F5.6. But often times F5.6 does not provide enough dof and with your lens, it has been judged quite sharper by stopping down one or two stops instead of wide open. By stopping down more, you know of course your shutter speed would then correspondingly get slower. Increasing your ISO would recover this stop by stop.
Thanks Jeff. Right after I posted my reply, I started to wonder if that's what you meant.
I'm so used to ALWAYS shooting wide open with my 75-300 f/5.6. On this sunny day I could've thought about closing down the aperature by upping the iso. I had the available light, for sure. I'm so out of habit of considering that with this lens. Carrying a monopod would help my cause too of course. :-)
One of my former students is a bird authority and one of a handful of breeders in the US with Abbyssinian and Southern Gound Hornbills in an aviary on his property. I've tried to capture images of their eyelashes but never got anything like this. His are pretty wild and go into a hysterical panic when strangers approach.
Yeah, these guys are just the opposite. Not shy but in fact they come rushing over when you stroll by. Kids must be feeding them. But that's a scary notion. Who knows what their giving them.
I agree, great subjects. Lot of character with the eyelashes and wrinkly faces.
Southern Ground Hornbill
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