I am so surprised how well this is doing right now (fingers crossed!). I knew I would get a lot of "is it real" comments.... but yes it is real. I shot this with my little casio handheld at the grand canyon. it only has a 3X zoom so i was really really close to these things. It was amazing. I showed the picture to a park ranger who said she had never even seen a baby big horn sheep before.
I was hesitant to enter it because of the infinite depth of field. I wanted to bring the attention more onto the little sheep, so I HDRed the background and left the two sheep original.
[Aug. 13th, 2010 11:17:25 PM]
I'm soooo excited about how well this is doing! 6.92 on day 5! certainly will be a new PB but man is it tiring hitting that update button every 5 minutes haha!
here are a few from the same day straight out of the camera. [thumb]903298[/thumb][thumb]903296[/thumb][thumb]903297[/thumb]
[Aug. 13th, 2010 11:19:50 PM]
well that didnt seem to work... let's try again
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[Aug. 13th, 2010 11:23:29 PM]
well shoot if those don't show up, they're in my workshop folder!
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Stunning scene! I suspect I am not the only one to wish you could have gotten mom's entire head in the shot, but with wildlife one takes what one can get ;-) The light and shadow, the gorgeous blues and purples in the background, and the detail ... really a wonderfully beautiful image.
Oh come ON! How's anyone supposed to compete with stuff like this!!!! Love that you used a deep dof to preserve the canyon view (with such dramatic lighting), and the sheep up front. Incredible detailing overall, and the clor is perfect. Front page.
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