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Your on a roll Joel. The image is sharp with good eye contact. Bg is great and complements the subject. If it were mine, I'd experiment with terminating the branch in the right upper quad. before it leaves the frame. . Might see what things look like if the lower right branch was totally eliminated. Both tend to lead ones eye out of the frame
Gary
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Joel,
The branch splitting in the URHC is distracting and should be removed. The pose is very regal and natural looking. IMO the image could be sharper, noticed you had a high ISO to help with the SS but 1/160 at 1000MM takes great tripod technique. Have you read the tridop thread written by James in the education forum. Would you say the rear focus is helping you?
Joel, you are an active poster and I want to thank you for the many wonderful pictures you have given us and the help you extend to others.
Last edited by Jeff Cashdollar; 12-23-2011 at 01:05 PM.
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Jeff Cashdollar
Joel,
... noticed you had a high ISO to help with the SS but 1/160 at 1000MM takes great tripod technique. Have you read the tridop thread written by James in the education forum. Would you say the rear focus is helping you?
Joel, you are an active poster and I want to thank you for the many wonderful pictures you have given us and the help you extend to others.
Thanks Jeff,
I appreciate your opinion. I have not read the tripod technique thread but in Sept 2010 I spent a day with James Shadle one on one and I received top notch personal instruction on good tripod technique which I have tried to carry forward. As for rear focus, I have only been at it for about 1 week but so far I like it. Can't tell if results are any better yet and I have not tried it on BIF.
Merry Christmas to all BPN'ers
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Is this full frame - How much crop?
Last edited by Jeff Cashdollar; 12-23-2011 at 11:20 PM.
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Is this full frame - How much crop?
It is nearly full frame, I cropped a small amount from the top and right if I recall correctly. It is probably close to 80% of a full frame.
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Joel, I enjoy your work very much as well. I agree cropping out that split might add to the shot. Your technique is great! I don't understand the use of back focusing, so I'm going to check out that ed. on the tripod technique.
Keep those photos coming - they are great!
Nancy
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nancy hazen
Joel, I enjoy your work very much as well. I agree cropping out that split might add to the shot. Your technique is great! I don't understand the use of back focusing, so I'm going to check out that ed. on the tripod technique.
Keep those photos coming - they are great!
Nancy
Thanks Nancy, rear focus is a technique whereby you program your camera so it focuses using one of the buttons on the rear of the camera rather than half pressing the shutter for focus. Arthur Morris has been using it and reporting improved numbers of sharp images. He has a tutorial on his blog at birdsasart.com
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