Quote (Xandriia @ May 29 2010 03:21pm)
What animal is that, I cant tell (Im probably being blonde) I love the dof, how did you get so close? Ive had animals chase me xD Im a freak about bokeh also and I love the bokeh in this shot, my only complaint is that its a bit noisy. 9/10
http://i48.tinypic.com/2598ug2.jpg
It's a baby goose

Pic was taken at a state park close to my home. I couldn't really get close either.. i was using my 70-200 to take that shot. The mother (or perhaps father?) was very protective of it's youngs. Kept it's eyes on me whenever i stepped closer.. i didn't want to scare them so i stay a good distance away. I crop a ton off the picture.. What i showed is pretty much a 100% crop.. if not more, so noise is quite apparent.
Here's link to the original shot before cropping.. as you can tell.. i crop away 85% of the image. (I know the composition was bad, but it's so hard to get these birds to look straight at you. I took a quick snap when i saw the opportunity. Had center point AF enabled via AI Servo so meh.)
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m223/Jdmhoodz/IMG_2027-2.jpgAs for your shot. The technique used is good but the practice is um.. can use improvement. There are alot of strong lines in the photo that guide my eyes.. but they lead to a cropped train :/
7/10
This post was edited by Eek on May 29 2010 05:41pm