Mark, That lens has done an *excellent* job of capturing the breast feathers' structure. I used to keep birds (parrots mostly) and that's what their breast feathers look like when seen close up. Robins are much the same.
Godfrey --- Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.markcassino.com/temp/robin/ > > This shot was taken with the Tokina 400mm ATX, handheld. ... > > I guess I'd have to find a bird and hold it in my hand to know > for sure, but I really question the detail in the feathers. They > look like hairs, not feathers. My conclusion was that a low > resolving lens with low CA and high edge sharpness - which is > what my tests showed the ATX 400 to be - will create an image > with clean edges and a high degree of _apparent_ detail. I say > apparent detail because I don't think the birds breast feathers > would really look like that, I think that the primary ribs of the > feathers have been exaggerated and the connecting fibers have > been all but lost in this shot. Psychologically, one looks at > that and thinks "Wow - what detail!" but I really question that. > > Maybe I can find a natural history museum with a robin specimen > and can confirm my suspicions... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
