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Watch your step...
bergiekat


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Challenge: Free Study 2008-06 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX DG APO IF for Canon
Location: Oklahoma
Date: Jun 25, 2008
Aperture: 10
ISO: 1250
Shutter: 50
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jun 30, 2008

 taken in the shade between a fence and a shed...very low light.

Statistics
Place: 467 out of 473
Avg (all users): 4.1888
Avg (commenters): 4.0000
Avg (participants): 4.0190
Avg (non-participants): 4.6579
Views since voting: 926
Views during voting: 214
Votes: 143
Comments: 19
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 07/08/2008 08:38:59 PM
I think it's all been said already. :) Focus is the main problem here. I have the same lens, and I can see the same close range softness. I have the macro version, and it's really not a good macro lens. You shot this at f/10, which is too slow for your light. In such low light, you should be shooting close to f/2.8 to get your best shutter speed. Also, try to avoid major cropping of an image. This lens has a cloudy softness to it that really shows up when you crop the image, and I can see that here. But there's certainly promise in an image like this. Keep working on the technicals, and keep following this little guy around. :)
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 07/08/2008 07:02:11 PM
Not much to add to Judi's comment except that I was shocked to see this so near the bottom until I looked at the full size picture. The shallow DOF is cool but the nose/eyes would have needed to be crystal sharp to make the shallow DOF look purposeful. It also feels tilted a little to the left even though I'm sure it isn't. Just an effect caused by the little guys body running along that side.
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 07/08/2008 07:00:12 PM
I'd left a post comment, but forgot to post it. I could see that there was a shallow dof from examining the leaves. I thought it was a smashing composition, but wondered if lizzie hadn't moved: it could be that, or it could be the low iso, or the small dpc, but the head doesn't stand out as being in focus.
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 07/08/2008 06:50:16 PM
Just to add to my comment...the focus may have been aimed at the head....but look at your shutter speed...it is way to slow for a handheld shot of this calibre. A rule of thumb is if your lens length for the shot is at 70mm, then do not go below 1/70....again...if you were shooting at 200mm, then don't go below 1/200. Mind you some people do have steady hands and can manager slower speeds...but you can see the movement of the camera affecting the focus on this image.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/07/2008 11:36:28 PM
OOF
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 07/05/2008 06:28:25 PM
the photo is pretty out of focus, maybe because of the movment of the lizard. faster shutter speed and small aperture will fix this. i do like the colors and how they compliment each other though, so keep trying
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 07/05/2008 07:17:52 AM
nice colors but too out of focus
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 07/03/2008 11:13:40 AM
Could use some focus
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 07/02/2008 07:14:59 PM
Looks blurry.
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 07/02/2008 10:25:42 AM
great tones. focus slightly off.
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 07/01/2008 11:44:40 PM
angle could be better which would help the focus
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 07/01/2008 11:11:13 PM
Cute fella. Unfortunately the focus is off.
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 07/01/2008 04:55:47 PM
Good composition, but the focus is really off in this.
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 07/01/2008 01:20:16 PM
focus seems just a little off
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 07/01/2008 11:10:40 AM
seems to be a bit oof.
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 07/01/2008 10:42:56 AM
Way too soft ont he focus.
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 07/01/2008 09:56:36 AM
Seems a bit oof
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 07/01/2008 09:53:55 AM
focus is not there....it seems to be on the leaf at the right...would have been a good image in focus
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 07/01/2008 06:42:41 AM
Seems out of focus but nice composition
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