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    Well as menacing as they get.
    Used Steve's suggestion on the color balance.
    This is a Huge Crop. If you have a 36 mp sensor you might as well use it.
    10% of the original.

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    f6.3
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    Great shot . The Nikon 800 is an awesome camera. Bill

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    Great image indeed
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    Dan lovely image, I would love to be able to crop like you have and still get lot's of detail. I would however leave a little more room at the bottom TFS

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    Plenty of detail still left Dan for a large crop, how are you finding the 800 for AF speed? Agree with Viv on some lower room.
    TFS


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    Hi Dan, I like the 'skulking/devilish' look as it gives character to the image.

    Re Colour, I still think there is a certain amount of yellow and perhaps more blue coming through, however I think that might be Nikon, as Canon is quite often more warmer. Agree, if you have it some more room below. looks like a very co operative Coyote.

    Re Colour, I think if you drop the Yellow & Blue channels in Saturation, then Yellow & Cyan in the Whites and the Cyan in the Neutral it does make a difference, but still retaining the punchy greens of the grass. This might be easily corrected more within the RAW process, where you have a far greater control unlike working with limited colour space of a web file.

    Just my thoughts, however perhaps Mac & Morkel might chime in on this coming from a Nikon BKG.

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    Dan - I like the comp but agree about it being a bit tight below. I'm going to be in the minority and say that I think the IQ has suffered slightly from the extreme crop, certainly not as much as it would with other cameras, but I think you can see the degradation in the fur.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rachel Hollander View Post
    I'm going to be in the minority and say that I think the IQ has suffered slightly from the extreme crop, certainly not as much as it would with other cameras, but I think you can see the degradation in the fur.

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    Have to disagree Rachel, given the fact that we're talking about an image that has been cropped by 90% , I feel the quality/detail holds up extremely well. I'm basing this purely on the very large crop.

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    Just my thoughts, however perhaps Mac & Morkel might chime in on this coming from a Nikon BKG.

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    I see a very small amount of blue in the whites (on my cal monitor) here Steve and yes it's a Nikon trait. A slight warmth adjustment in RAW WB would be something to look at.


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    Rachel, I agree on the IQ, It is cropped more than I ever have or really would do again I think.
    I actually see the IQ drop more in the eye than the fur. The fur just looks a bit crisped.
    Steve, I do think it is a Nikon color thing, but I am just using the auto WB and may try some other settings
    to see how they look.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dankearl View Post
    Rachel, I agree on the IQ, It is cropped more than I ever have or really would do again I think.
    I actually see the IQ drop more in the eye than the fur. The fur just looks a bit crisped.
    Steve, I do think it is a Nikon color thing, but I am just using the auto WB and may try some other settings
    to see how they look.
    I am impressed by how the crop held up...but do agree that there is some IQ loss compared to your previous post of this guy.
    Dan, since switching to Nikon I have stayed away from Auto WB. I almost always shoot on "daylight" and might warm it up or cool it down in processing depending on the look I am going for, but most times the "daylight" settings looks most natural to me.
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    Agree with Steve on color balance as I see on my monitor.
    As to whether the camera RAW file is processed too blue or too green or too red, seems to me to be a lot dependent on the RAW processor you're using. Needs tweaking to "taste".
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    A little "crinkly" but nice detail and color. Looks like that kind of ability to crop can really open up some opportunities for you.

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