Royal antelope (smallest antelope on Earth)

rick93 · May 1, 2012

Hi all,View attachment 7466 I took this with my Canon 450D + Tamron SP 70-300 VC Di USD . It was around 10 o'clock in the morning. Cloudy sky, not to bright. Aperture was f/4.5, At 1/125 sec, ISO 400, Lens zoomed to 124mm (yes I was close to the beautiful animal) Setting on Program mode; WB set on cloudy, picture style changed a little bit; a little sharper, saturation also a little more. No tripod. Auto focus (set on his head), VC turned on (image stabiliser) That's all I can think of. I can neither afford nor justify getting a L lens but I am extremely happy with this lens. A lot better than the canon lenses I had before. The thing I cant figure out is how the profs ,even without L lenses, make the photographs so real that they seem unreal. Do they use Photoshop or different settings? Or is it just that professional touch that comes with experience?? I am just a beginner ( have this camera for about six months and the Tamron lens for about two weeks) and would like to learn as much as possible. C&C would be appreciated! -Rick93 Ps. forget about the attachment, it don't work and I posted that before I knew how to post pics on here. Don't know how to remove it.

WesternGuy · May 2, 2012

You will get more comments if you actually post the image - most people do not want to follow a link, in fact, when I did follow it, it gave me an error, something about invalid attachment.
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rick93 · May 2, 2012

Sorry but how do I post it??

Overread · May 2, 2012

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...forum-functions-pictoral-guide-using-tpf.html

That thread should give you the info you need

rick93 · May 2, 2012

Thanks! I'll try that.

Joel_W · May 2, 2012

A really nice composition. Can't believe how small the deer is.

rick93 · May 4, 2012

Thank you for your positive comment Joel. Its like a rabbit in deer form. Rick93

greybeard · May 4, 2012

very cute, I want one LOL Nice shot, maybe crop a little from the right or maybe not, just a suggestion.

rick93 · May 5, 2012

@ Graybeard; I took some more shots. I'll try to post those. Thanks though.

jake337 · May 5, 2012

If I ever own a lot of acreage, I will be introducing these to my habitat!

rick93 · May 5, 2012

@Jake; You could have 5000 of these on one acre and still not see one LOL

rick93 · May 5, 2012

What do you all think about these??

Dominantly · May 5, 2012

I WANT ONE!

The first one is nice.

The last two you shot at 300mm with a shutter speed of 1/60 and 1/160, which is pretty slow for that focal length.
I'd also say that I would probably shoot at a smaller aperture. You wont have to worry about background separation at that focal length (it will be OOF), but the smaller aperture will give you an additional few inches of acceptable sharpness. For example at 300mm f/11 with a subject 20' away, you have about 6" of acceptable sharpness.