Comments on: Puffin Isolationism/Part I of II. And Background Magic … https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2017/09/02/puffin-isolationismpart-i-of-iii-and-background-magic/ The blog of bird photographer Arthur Morris Sun, 03 Sep 2017 04:08:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: frank sheets https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2017/09/02/puffin-isolationismpart-i-of-iii-and-background-magic/comment-page-1/#comment-1749969 Sun, 03 Sep 2017 04:08:33 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=49863#comment-1749969 Hi Artie,

I have absolutely no clue why F/9 represents an issue on this image. The fact that the detail in the far side eye represents anything degrading to this image does not reverberate with me at all. And, the softness of the background is totally acceptable from my perspective. So, I’m going to be interested in the nuance of why you feel f/9 represents an issue. Ps, Laurie is playing a video of the albatross mating behavior with your voice in the background as am responding to this this blog. Nice to hear your voice again!

Have a great day,

Frank

]]> By: David Policansky https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2017/09/02/puffin-isolationismpart-i-of-iii-and-background-magic/comment-page-1/#comment-1749965 Sat, 02 Sep 2017 19:58:24 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=49863#comment-1749965 Hi, Artie. Amazing that we are bothered by the faintest hint of the bird’s far eye. That said, I’d like the bird’s head to be angled a few degrees to the left. It’s a wonderful image in any case. As for f/9, well the obvious main reason you’d have preferred a wider aperture is to have smoothed the background more. I can’t think of a second main reason; there’s no motion blur and there’s no noise, so f/9 didn’t force you to use too low a shutter speed or too high an ISO.

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