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    I havent posted in wildlife for a while. Ive always enjoyed portraits of antelope, especially against clean BG's. This was captured in the Kruger National Park last year Oct.

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    Hand held from the car.
    Last edited by Stu Bowie; 06-15-2011 at 09:58 AM.

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    Man this is great...The IQ you create in you animal images is what I wish I could achieve in mine. Its a notoriously difficult species to get a good image of...Magic stuff

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    Exceptional IQ here Stuart. perfect DOF IMHO, very well process, colour looks spot on.

    A pleasure to view.

    TFS
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    Excellent Stuart, great close-up, just love those big ears and like the H/A TFS

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    Hi Stuart, nice alert pose and excellent detail throughout, especially like the wet nose.

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    What a lovely portrait. The detail is great. No nits from me on this one. Excellent!
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    Fantastic, really love the tonal range and details.

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    Nicely done Stuart. Great colors and I really like the soft light. And congrats on the moderator position

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    Thanks a stack for the feedback and comments everyone.

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    Can only echo the above comments, killer BG and great use of this lens Stuart.
    TFS


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    Actually Stuart as Marc said, killer BG, however, I just wondered, have you added additional blur to the BG, as to get something like that I might have expected it from a fixed lens? Just curious as you keep getting me to dust my old lens down based on your postings, but that is as far as it goes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Kaluski View Post
    I just wondered, have you added additional blur to the BG,

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    Thanks Steve. The only work I did on the BG was a moderate NR using neat image. No additional burring applied. Here is the original BG without any NR applied. I think due to the BG being fairly distant, it was already nicely OOF.

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    Cool Stu.

    Thanks for that, as I am very pleased to see you achieved it in camera rather than adding any PS affects.

    It is the way to go.
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    gorgeous portrait Stu...great IQ and pose showing those radar ears.
    the 100-400 can give some good bokeh if the background is far enough removed from the subject :)
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    Stuart - can only echo the above of great IQ and DOF. And congrats on the new position

    TFS,
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    Steve, Mork, Rachel, thanks for the comments and feedback.

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    No one can use that 100-400 better than you , Top class image bhai
    TFS

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