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Challenge: Pet Portrait II (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Pentax *ist DL
Lens: Sigma 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical for Sigma (Black)
Location: Adelaide, South Australia
Date: Dec 10, 2006
Aperture: 3.5
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 125
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Dec 10, 2006

 Please critique. I took this shot in very low light but managed to get the bird to stay still enough.

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 01/10/2007 07:24:36 PM
Thankyou again MelonMusketeer
 01/10/2007 06:49:32 PM
First, a nice looking bare eyed cockatto! I hope it is your bird.
The depth of field is shallow in this image, and focus is actually about at the back of the beak. It is difficult at best to get this kind of shots in low light and have more DOF, partly because the subject usually is not completely still so you have to open the aperture to keep exposure time short. It is more difficult to focus in low light as well.
I find that manual focus works well for this kind of macro snapshots by getting the focus close, then moving the camera slightly in or out to put the focus exactly where I would like it sharpest.
Exposure is good. It is easy to overexpose white feathers on birds in a darker background, but I see that in this image that most of the image is feathers, so the normal metering should be good.
Keep shooting, and keep posting. Take good care of the bird if you're it's human.
My favorite 'too loved coffee, but it isn't good for them.
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12/18/2006 10:22:02 AM
2 - Further out, bigger (640) and better focus on the eyes and wider focal range, make this better in my opinion.
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 12/16/2006 05:00:21 PM
ya gotta get the eyes sharp
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 12/13/2006 07:42:11 PM
I love bird faces, and this one is wonderful.
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 12/13/2006 05:32:44 PM
shallow DOF doesn't work here ...
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 12/12/2006 11:36:57 PM
focus is totally off
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