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Challenge: Portrait Of A Wild Bird (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D300s
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D
Location: Canal, Leicester
Date: Dec 26, 2009
Aperture: 1.8
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/320
Galleries: Birds
Date Uploaded: Dec 27, 2009

 Went for a walk after eating many leftovers and came across some geese and swans.

This one was like a real show-off.

Not much processing... crop and a bit of tweaking with the colors. I was losing the light fast and this was at 800 ISO and f1.8. Would have liked to been able to stop down slightly to increase the DOF.

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Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8
 01/03/2010 11:19:19 AM
Took me a sec to realize what I was looking at ;-) Actually rather like the exaggerated DOF with that direct eye contact; draws me right in.
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Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 12/30/2009 02:53:05 PM
Nice shot, focus is good, 6.
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 12/30/2009 10:35:55 AM
I love how it looks as though he dipped his face in chocolate!
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 12/29/2009 08:24:09 PM
Pretty neat. I wish the eyes were in focus.
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Nikon D700
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 12/29/2009 10:19:22 AM
Interesting use of the short DOF.
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Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM
 12/28/2009 04:25:24 PM
I can see you in the black knob on his beak.. Nice shot.
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