Desert Elephants in Namibia (Page 3): That's a lovely family portrait. You're right that the one to the right isn't razor sharp, but it's totally acceptable. I did some pixel peeping...

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

That's a lovely family portrait. You're right that the one to the right isn't razor sharp, but it's totally acceptable. I did some pixel peeping, and it looks like the one to the left isn't totally sharp, either. But at normal viewing distance, this will make a delightful enlargement. The baby is very cute.

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

Very nice group picture! If you hadn’t mentioned the focus on the farthest elephant I wouldn’t have zoomed in to investigate - it’s plenty sharp for viewing at normal distances.

Stan

erbiv Loc: Ellijay, GA ...retired from Anchorage, AK

An excellent shot, worth hanging on the wall!

cheineck Loc: Hobe Sound, FL

GREAT IMAGE!!!

DebAnn Loc: Toronto

It's a great shot!

whwiden wrote:

Here is a photo of desert elephants taken in Namibia. I had to take it at f/18 to try to get enough depth of field. That worked pretty well for the forward three, but the last elephant appears a bit soft--but I still decided to print the shot. This is cropped to 8x10.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Excellent work!

MT native Loc: Big Sky Country — Montana

Such a wonderful capture, especially in download mode !! Nice work !! Who doesn't like elephants, especially in their natural habitat.

whwiden

AzPicLady wrote:

That's a lovely family portrait. You're right that the one to the right isn't razor sharp, but it's totally acceptable. I did some pixel peeping, and it looks like the one to the left isn't totally sharp, either. But at normal viewing distance, this will make a delightful enlargement. The baby is very cute.

Thank you. I do not like to shoot that far stopped down for fear of losing sharpness--but given I was in defraction range already, I should have shut down even more. But the enlargement does look good at normal viewing range. We often worry too much about sharpness for real world use.

whwiden

StanMac wrote:

Very nice group picture! If you hadn’t mentioned the focus on the farthest elephant I wouldn’t have zoomed in to investigate - it’s plenty sharp for viewing at normal distances.

Stan

Thank you. My 16x20 looks pretty good if you don't stick your nose up too close. I am pretty critical--probably too much so.

whwiden

erbiv wrote:

An excellent shot, worth hanging on the wall!

I expect to hang it up tomorrow at my workplace where I am allowed to decorate with rotating photos. I am currently putting up shots from Namibia. Thanks for looking!

whwiden

MT native wrote:

Such a wonderful capture, especially in download mode !! Nice work !! Who doesn't like elephants, especially in their natural habitat.

Thank you. I have had pretty good luck taking photos of elephants. It is pretty amazing to see them in the wild.

whwiden

cheineck wrote:

GREAT IMAGE!!!

Thank you. All the trip was missing was a shot of a pangolin.

whwiden

DebAnn wrote:

It's a great shot!

Thank you for taking a look. Appreciate it very much.

whwiden

UTMike wrote:

Excellent work!

Thank you! It was a bit of work but I am happy with the result. I find animal shots challenging--but a fun kind of work.

Rob48 Loc: Portland, ME

whwiden wrote:

Here is a photo of desert elephants taken in Namibia. I had to take it at f/18 to try to get enough depth of field. That worked pretty well for the forward three, but the last elephant appears a bit soft--but I still decided to print the shot. This is cropped to 8x10.

Yes, great capture and the framing is spot on.