Hi David My guess is in two parts : a) movement blur - the body is sharp particularly the back, but probably motionless compared to the head rotation (omega) b) plus foreground limit of the DoF - the beak protudes much more than we wish it to sometimes (wink). Nice shot all the same. Bien amicalement Phil...x ----Message d'origine---- >Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 08:14:33 -0700 >A: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >De: David Young <telyt@xxxxxxxxx> >Sujet: [LRflex] What's wrong with this shot? > >Good Morning, all! > >Along with my "fall colours" shot of a Blue Jay, I got several others. > >This one has be bothered. > >In common with many birds, the Blue Jay has a segmented ring around >the eye. This feature is startlingly clear in the 8x12" print I >have, even when examined at close range with a magnifying glass. So >there is no question, the shot is in focus. Yet, there is something >about the head (the body is fine) which continually looks "out of >focus" to both Rose and I. > >My questions: > >1) Do others see this? > >2) If yes, can anyone explain it? Or, > >3) am I simply going nuts? > >It's a pity that this problem should be there, for otherwise, I >really like the image! > >http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/BluJay2.htm > >Thanks for looking, and for your advice. > >Cheers! >--- > >David Young, >Logan Lake, CANADA > >Wildlife Photographs: http://www.telyt.com/ >Personal Web-pages: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt >Stock Photography at: http://tinyurl.com/2amll4 > >------ >Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm >Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- Noos, votre bureau virtuel sur Internet : Mail... Web : webmail.noos.fr ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/