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took this shot at the San Antonio Zoo last week and it makes a pretty good wallpaper, IMHO. It is 1024 x 768

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Chris Harrison

Great sharpness and detail. Maybe a tad bit underexposed, but that could be my monitor settings here at work. OK, so what herp, equipment and settings?

Cheers,
WK

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OK, so what herp, equipment and settings?

This is a straightened crop of this full frame -

which I shot of a cascabel (Crotalus durissus ssp.) at the San Antonio Zoo. I shot through glass from about 2 feet away from the snake.

The Exif info is as follows
Camera - Konica Minolta 7D DLSR
Lens - Minolta 50mm f/1.7 macro lens (35 mm equiv = 75mm)
ISO set at 200
Auto white balance
Aperture priority (f/14 at 1/60th)
Shot in Minolta RAW (MRW) and cropped and slight USM applied in Photoshop Elements 3.01
no exposure or flash compensation
on camera flash

One of the greatest things about shooting digital is having access to metadata (EXIF)!!!!
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Chris Harrison

Chris, very nice and thanks for the info. Yes, having the EXIF available is great. It sure makes learning what works in different situations much more efficient.

I've started using RAW format more also. Do you notice an appreciable difference in detail between this and fine / large jpeg?

WK

I don't find any appreciable difference in image "quality" between the two, but I do like to be able to manipulate variables such as exposure and color without degrading the image. If you manipulate the color or try to manipulate the exposure on a jpg, you end up degrading the file.

Of course, at 8.7 MB per raw file, they fill up my 1GB card pretty damn fast!
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Chris Harrison

>>>Of course, at 8.7 MB per raw file, they fill up my 1GB card pretty damn fast!

Agreed, NEFs are awful memory hogs.

Cheers,
WK

You're lucky. My RAW files are 24 Megs. I'm looking into the 4 Gig Type II CF microdrive for my Sony F828.
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Wk,

Not sure ...pretty tough just on scales but..pretty sure its a Crotalus...maybe a Black Tail or a South American sp.?

Regards,
Scott

Hi Scott. You are right - Chris mentioned somewhere in his post above that it is indeed a cascabel. Good spot. I had no idea what it was from the close-up picture.

Cheers,
WK