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Challenge: Best of 2004 (Advanced Editing III*)
Collection: Challenge Entries
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
Location: Lamberhurst, Kent, UK
Date: Dec 18, 2004
Aperture: f4.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/30th sec
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jan 10, 2005

 A squirrel sitting on a fencepost, overlooking the fields and hedges beyond. The tame little thing came right up to the house before climbing out onto the fence, which made for a perfect photo op - shame it didn't look my way! The bokeh of this lens is just beautiful - pity I couldn't enter something like this in the Bokeh challenge!

Taken with the Canon 70-200 IS (mmm...) and the Canon 1.4x tele, through the glass of a window (which didn't distort in this shot, which was good). The original was cropped, a lot of levels adjustments, focus tweaked, and double bordered.

Statistics
Place: 292 out of 530
Avg (all users): 5.5254
Avg (commenters): 6.6000
Avg (participants): 5.4683
Avg (non-participants): 5.6988
Views since voting: 1011
Views during voting: 489
Votes: 335
Comments: 17
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/30/2005 03:57:08 PM
hey, nice bokeh :)
 01/26/2005 06:46:17 PM
The border is distracting and the squirrel seems a little out of focus. I like the colors in the background though.
 01/25/2005 07:27:36 AM
Great "bokeh" :o)
Simply and effective image. Well done.
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 01/24/2005 08:05:04 AM
Very nice
 01/22/2005 06:20:42 PM
I love the composition. (10)
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 01/22/2005 02:15:25 PM
most excellent capture. this would have done extremely well in the bokeh challenge, and i hope it does well for you here. good luck!
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 01/22/2005 05:01:11 AM
this would have been very good if the squirrel was in focus. Looks like you used too shallow DOF.
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 01/21/2005 02:07:26 PM
Love the shallow DOF. And even though the squirrel has his back to you, you can still see his eye. (a major grievance of mine is when you can't see the eyes of the person or animal) So big plus for you. Love the colors in the background too. Makes the picture very interesting. My only nit might be a wish for a tad more sharpness around the eye. Good luck in the challenge!
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 01/21/2005 01:33:52 PM
Hard to tell what's in sharp focus here- if his eye was sharp, I think this would have been great in the bokeh challenge!
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 01/21/2005 02:35:42 AM
Ridiculously cute. Nice composition and DOF too. 7
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 01/20/2005 02:47:47 AM
Nice crisp shot, but could be even better if the eye were razor sharp. Love the background too. ...7...
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 01/17/2005 06:24:14 PM
Nice composition
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 01/17/2005 09:39:36 AM
Good background, sqirrel could be a touch sharper.
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 01/17/2005 07:35:56 AM
If only the squirrel wasn't facing so much away from the camera, this would be a real winner. Still very good though.
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 01/16/2005 06:38:57 PM
I like the bokeh. lol The focus is on the squirrels tail and I think it should be on the head or the entire squirrel...imo.
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 01/15/2005 07:37:34 PM
Nice DOF.
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 01/15/2005 07:31:14 PM
I wish the skwirl was more in focus.
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