Owl Closeup

[Realist]

I am just starting out in photography. Here is a picture of a stuffed owl I have. I used an extention tube for the close focus. Tell me what you think. :)
http://img03.picoodle.com/img/img03/7/3/30/f_Avatarm_44c36ec.jpg

[Marko]

Hi and welcome!

This is quite a cute shot but it's a pity that the owl's eyes are noticeably not sharp enough. As a rule of thumb, the eyes need to be in Sharp focus. For this image, IMO the eyes should be tack sharp or REALLY blurry if you were going for some intended effect.

Hope that helps and please post again,

Marko

[Realist]

Thanks for the tip. I now notice that. The only problem with focusing when I have the extender tube on is that I can only focus the camera really close to his face and there is not much room to move around. I have another picture, exept the full owl this time. The lighting is from the door in front of him. I can't decide which is the best one, and please criteque them all. Thank You. :)
http://img02.picoodle.com/img/img02/7/3/31/f_00521m_5a324f8.jpg

http://img01.picoodle.com/img/img01/7/3/31/f_00917m_1b95a34.jpg

http://img02.picoodle.com/img/img02/7/3/31/f_00818m_42ad025.jpg

BTW these are film prints on 200 film and they scanned the film to put them onto a CD. I noticed some light blue streaks in some of the pictures. Does anyone know what that is. They show up on the digital pictures, and not the printed ones.

[Marko]

I think the last shot is the 'best' of this series because the owl is looking at you. The blue streaks appear to be rays of light from a window. Depending on time of day window light can have a noticeably blueish tint. I'd need to see the printed pix to suggest why they aren't there. Is it possible that the printed pix are darker and you're just not noticing it. Look really close.


Hope that helps - and thanks for posting.

Marko
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