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06-SEP-2003 Neil Lawson

Love a good scratch

Adelaide, South Australia

These donkeys seemed a bit itchy. They would bite where they could reach, and would bite at each other where they couldn't reach themselves.

Cropped, 'white eye' removal (clone stamp), unsharp mask, resized

Canon PowerShot S45
1/60s f/3.5 at 10.3mm with Flash hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time06-Sep-2003 14:12:15
MakeCanon
ModelPowerShot S45
Flash UsedYes
Focal Length10.3 mm
Exposure Time1/60 sec
Aperturef/3.5
ISO Equivalent
Exposure Bias-0.33
White Balance (-1)
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Program
Focus Distance

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Neil 08-Sep-2003 10:17
Thanks for your comments Paul. Yes, the background is distracting, and it is the same colour as the donkeys. With my old film SLR I could have blurred the background a little, but the S45 was using its maximum aperture for the focal length used. One day I will learn the in and outs of photoshop, but I generally like photos with as little processing as possible.
Paul Donovan 07-Sep-2003 15:40
Previous comment by me.
Guest 07-Sep-2003 14:44
I like the fact that this looks like a young couple in love. It is a nic pic - my only comment would be I think if the DOF could have blurred the background more it would have placed increased focus on the subjects and their 'embrace'. I may be wrong on this but I played with it in photoshop (with the blur brush - to attempt to achieve a similar effect) and I think i'm right - I'm not sure if you'd have had time to capture it that way before they moved, or could even achieve the control with an S45 (no offence meant - my S50 would be the same difficulty I suspect, seems like they have trouble controlling DOF although I haven't tried enough to be sure yet). Nice pic though.