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Title: Concentration.....
Post by: antonoat on June 26, 2015, 10:39:05
Captured with my D4s &400mmf2.8e fl.

to see a larger version please click here
http://www.pbase.com/wildoat/image/160279600/original.jpg


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Title: Re: Concentration.....
Post by: Frank Fremerey on June 26, 2015, 11:29:35
very cute. very bright mixdown. Will you try a more dense version from the RAW?
Title: Re: Concentration.....
Post by: Fons Baerken on June 26, 2015, 11:40:55
great light articulate detail
Title: Re: Concentration.....
Post by: knb on June 26, 2015, 12:02:58
Super sharp baboons, very well executed. Probably a food related activity? Nice interaction between the two anyway.
Title: Re: Concentration.....
Post by: bendle on June 26, 2015, 13:00:17
Great shot, maybe one of them dropped a flea.
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Post by: Bruno Schroder on June 26, 2015, 14:16:02
Great texture of the fur.
Title: Re: Concentration.....
Post by: ColinM on June 26, 2015, 15:34:46
What a beautiful clear picture, as well as a fascinating study of their behaviour.

You + the 400mm + D4 are a potent combination when put together ;)
1/3333 sec doesn't do any harm too!
Title: Re: Concentration.....
Post by: antonoat on June 26, 2015, 19:12:42
very cute. very bright mixdown. Will you try a more dense version from the RAW?

Appreciate your comment, thanks.
What would you suggest for a re-edit? It was bright when the shot was taken, I don't like oversaturated
or pumped up contrast, to my mind this looks how I remember the occasion.
Your thoughts would be appreciated Frank.

Title: Re: Concentration.....
Post by: antonoat on June 26, 2015, 19:15:57
Appreciate your comments, Frank, Fons, KNB, bendle, Bruno and Colin.

Colin, the equipment should take much of the credit.
I bought this lens for it's ability to isolate subjects, did I say it was sharp, lol.
At f2.8 it's seriously sharp at f4 it's off the scale, lol.

tony
Title: Re: Concentration.....
Post by: Jakov Minić on June 26, 2015, 19:40:25
Tony, you sure know how to use that lens I lust for!
The sharpness, colours, bokeh - all amazing!
I am sorry I don't see their eyes...
Title: Re: Concentration.....
Post by: antonoat on June 26, 2015, 19:44:37
Tony, you sure know how to use that lens I lust for!
The sharpness, colours, bokeh - all amazing!
I am sorry I don't see their eyes...
Thanks Jakov.
I agree about the eyes but sometimes it's nice to capture these animals being themselves and not reacting to our presence.
Had they both looked up I would have been pleased obviously  :)
Title: Re: Concentration.....
Post by: elsa hoffmann on June 26, 2015, 22:16:06
omg n self portrait.
love the bokeh
Title: Re: Concentration.....
Post by: antonoat on June 26, 2015, 22:53:32
omg n self portrait.
love the bokeh
Could be worse Elsa, if this were a self portrait I'd be mightily worried, lol.

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Title: Re: Concentration.....
Post by: Anthony on June 27, 2015, 00:56:27
Maybe a bit over sharpened?

Love the first image.
Title: Re: Concentration.....
Post by: elsa hoffmann on June 27, 2015, 19:25:27

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Could be worse Elsa, if this were a self portrait I'd be mightily worried, lol.
whahahaha - clearly he is worried to !!!!

On my side the images do not appear over sharpened
Title: Re: Concentration.....
Post by: antonoat on June 27, 2015, 20:45:54
Anthony,
Thanks for your comment it's appreciated.

Elsa, yeah thanks lol.
As for the sharpening aspect I find it seems to be dependant on the monitors folks are using, on my apple 27"imac they appear ok,
I think monitors with very high contrast can make images appear more sharp.
I don't worry too much about web images though I try to be careful, obviously it's more critical to get sharpening spot on for prints.
The 400 f2.8 fl e renders images with a very high native sharpness already, perhaps more so than any lens I've owned previous including Nikon's fast prime telephotos.
Title: Re: Concentration.....
Post by: Erik Lund on June 28, 2015, 21:44:10
In the first shot I'm missing the hands...

But it could also be intriguing what are they doing...
Title: Re: Concentration.....
Post by: Bill Mellen on July 01, 2015, 00:54:13
Tony,

After viewing this most engaging image several times, I have come to the conclusion that those two were up to something!

Thank you for sharing.
Title: Re: Concentration.....
Post by: Gary on July 01, 2015, 05:29:26
I love the isolation, the bokeh and your expertise in wielding this lens.