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Rare White Squirrel
Uploaded on: October 28, 2008
Found in only a few areas of the U.S. This was taken in Etowah, Valley, NC
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Architect says,
The composition on this subject is very good. I suggest rotating the image slightly so that the top of the railing is parallel to the bottom frame, for a more restful composition (I have a thing about crooked horizons).
Your DOF appears to just make it in terms of keeping your subject sharp from nose to tail, although the tail looks a bit soft. The background is nicely blurred. One stop smaller might have been a bit better.
The exposure is what lowers this image from a 4, in my opinion. Detail is lost in the white fur in the bright light. Lowering contrast in converting RAW (if you used it, and you should, IMHO) could solve this, as could Shadow/Highlight in Photoshop. Leaving the shutter speed at 1/250 and changing the f-stop to f5.3 to f6.3 would have done it as well.
I noticed you shot this on Program with a multi-segment light meter. The camera will not make good decisions for you in a shot like this one. Once you learn Manual settings, I think you will find that Aperture Priority will give you good creative control on DOF, combined with a properly used spot-meter will give you perfect exposures quicker than manual. Also RAW can help with difficult subjects like this one.