Chip or Dale?

darkdragondarkdragon Registered Users Posts: 1,051 Major grins
edited March 11, 2008 in Wildlife
I hope I'm not the only one who knows those names - Disney's chipmunks.

Anyhow, below is my shot. It seems a little soft, still working on technique for fast-moving critters. Tips are definately appreciated.

I was planning on a nice long shoot to practice with the chipmunks (there were 5 or so of them running around me) but some jerk in a Lambo drove up (dang those are loud cars) and made so much noise walking, talking, etc that all the little fellas ran off. :rolleyes

I'll be going out again to try some more. My zoom is 70-200 f/4L, would a 1.4x TC help you think?

What do you guys/gals think of the comp, etc?

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~ Lisa

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  • eL eSs VeeeL eSs Vee Registered Users Posts: 1,243 Major grins
    edited March 11, 2008
    You're not the only one. And this one is Chip. Dale has a red nose. :D

    Nice picture, cute munk. But it looks like the focus landed just behind him.

    I look forward to your next shots. happy0017.gif
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  • john ljohn l Registered Users Posts: 69 Big grins
    edited March 11, 2008
    I'm not sure that it is Chip I think he looks like Simon. My chippers are all sleeping under 3 feet of snow so I will not see them for a few more weeks. You do not require a long lens for chippers only a supply of peanuts and they will crawl right up onto your lap. j
  • darkdragondarkdragon Registered Users Posts: 1,051 Major grins
    edited March 11, 2008
    john l wrote:
    I'm not sure that it is Chip I think he looks like Simon. My chippers are all sleeping under 3 feet of snow so I will not see them for a few more weeks. You do not require a long lens for chippers only a supply of peanuts and they will crawl right up onto your lap. j

    That is true about the food, but I don't beleive in feeding wild animals. When that happen then they become not-wild and beg for food, and are easily killed/captured by people. :cry

    There was some food around which is why so many chipmunks were around - but even so, they are FAST. Glad I have 6.5FPS rolleyes1.gif

    My sharpest photos aren't interesting (to me anyway) because it's when the little fella is on a rock sniffing some people food - aka sitting nearly still for a second.
    ~ Lisa
  • darkdragondarkdragon Registered Users Posts: 1,051 Major grins
    edited March 11, 2008
    eL eSs Vee wrote:
    You're not the only one. And this one is Chip. Dale has a red nose. :D

    Nice picture, cute munk. But it looks like the focus landed just behind him.


    Yes, I agree with what you are saying. I think next time I'll close down the aperature a bit. That should give me more DOF to work with.
    ~ Lisa
  • tonichelletonichelle Registered Users Posts: 144 Major grins
    edited March 11, 2008
    eL eSs Vee wrote:
    You're not the only one. And this one is Chip. Dale has a red nose. :D

    awwwwwww you beat me to it!!! :D

    so cute!
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  • raptorcaptorraptorcaptor Registered Users Posts: 3,968 Major grins
    edited March 11, 2008
    Nice shot! You might be able to add a little sharpness to it in photoshop.
    There are some good tutorials in the Technique section!
    Glenn

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  • darkdragondarkdragon Registered Users Posts: 1,051 Major grins
    edited March 11, 2008
    raptorcaptor wrote:
    Nice shot! You might be able to add a little sharpness to it in photoshop.
    There are some good tutorials in the Technique section!

    Thanks :)

    I have already done some stuff in PS and in LR. I used the high pass method in PS. Thats how not-sharp the photo was to begin with, even after sharpening it isnt sharp - i tried pushing it a little more but began to have a lot of haloing and artifacts.
    ~ Lisa
  • raptorcaptorraptorcaptor Registered Users Posts: 3,968 Major grins
    edited March 11, 2008
    I use a 1.4x TC almost all the time, and you don't lose too much sharpness. I also have a 2x TC does have a significant loss of sharpness!

    Hope this helps!
    Glenn

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