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    Found this jackal very early one morning just after the rains, it was soaked. It made a very good subject to photograph.
    Nikon D3s 600VR ISO800. 1/1250 at F7.1.

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    Gorgeous image and IQ...Eye contact takes it over the top!

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    I do like the look of this rather wet & bedraggled Jackal here Vivaldo, and as you say, set in some nice morning light. As Dumay has pointed out, the eye contact is great, as if the Jackal was weighing you up.

    With wet fur I've found it can be tricky to get right when sharpening and I think you have got it right here, however is it an optical thing (well to me ), but is the focus point on the grey part of the neck, just curious Vivaldo?

    Lovely image, nice to have you back posting again.

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    Thanks Dumay and Steve
    Hi Steve it good to be back. I had a look in NX view and it show's me that the focus point is on the left eye.

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    Thanks Vivaldo, I would suggest you should try placing it between the two eyes, just a fraction above, as it's more central rather than being off centre.

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    Great light and eye contact take this shot to the next level. Well done.

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    Super image with great eye contact and wet look , top class
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    The side lighting helps to bring out the detail in the wet fur. Nicely done.

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    Vivaldo,

    Great image, nice eyes looks pretty sharp to me, whether it is oversharpened or not I cannot tell without seeing the RAW file.

    Great pose with two feet off the ground, I presume it was moving towards you?

    I am however puzzled by some of the comments, I am unfamilar with Nikon, but believe that it is highly unlikely thay you can change the AF point after taking the image, do you believe that there would have been any difference if you had placed it between the eyes. I cannot imagine the change in distance from the sensor would have been perciptable over such a potentially short if not non-existant difference existed especially at 7.1.

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    Hi Ken
    With action shot its is difficult to get everything set perfectly I normally try set the camera before action presents itself. The problem is that one doesn't want to miss the moment. The raw image is very sharp at 100 percent but moving PF between eyes could potentially have improved thing slightly. Thanks for all comments it's appreicated

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    love the wet look Vivaldo and the "scaly" stare he gave you, typical jackal probably up to no-good

    Ken, I don't think anyone would have assumed that the suggestion meant that he should try and change the focus points "after the fact" ...the critique was for future similar situations. Whether or not it would have made a difference at f7.1 really depends on how far the subject was. I've shot wildlife on a telephoto at f8 at close range and the DOF is very shallow then.
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    Morkel,

    Interesting comment, DOF is in my opinion always shallow on long lenses although I am not familar with this lens I doubt that it can breach the laws of optical construction. I have always been told by photographers far better than me that the key with moving subjects is shutter speed moving the AF point to a different part of the face which at most could be no more than 25cm further back would in my opinion would make little if any difference to the shot. Perhaps this subject could be best discussed in another forum, as I would be pleased to here others opinions on this.

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