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Subject: eyeball of Kestrel (Re: [Leica] IMG: added close-up)
From: rsphotoimages at comcast.net (Bob Shaw)
Date: Tue Jun 19 21:27:14 2007
References: <380-22007632033546374@M2W030.mail2web.com>

Dough:

No place to go from there.

You got it all, including the telltale 8-pointed star reflection at 2 
0'clock on the iris.

Some nature photographers would Photoshop the effect ( inserting the 
Space Needle or Lenin's statue somewhere in the background for good 
measure....).

I know the 280 is a superb lens, but someone still has to frame, set 
and trip the shutter.  Really top notch rendering, Doug.  Thanks for 
the example.

Regards,


Bob


On Jun 19, 2007, at 20:35, telyt@earthlink.net wrote:

Bob Shaw <rsphotoimages@comcast.net> wrote:

> Do the Evil Thing!

As promised, eyeball of Kestrel.

Here's the full image:
http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/falconidae/L1002368.jpg

and a 100% crop of the eyeball:
http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/falconidae/L1002368crop.jpg

No resizing, sharpening or noise reduction, ISO 400.  Keep in mind the
extremely narrow DOF of this lens; the lower
eyelid and eyelashes & feathers are in best focus.  R8/DMR, 280 f/4 APO
with 1.4x APO-Extender and UET-R extension
tube.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com


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