Mountain Hare

I like the subtle colors of the highlands and it makes for a fine bokeh. I wish we saw more of the bottom half of the hare. Still, this has an interesting effect, with ONLY the hare in focus. Nice work.

I agree with Lon. Good colors and nice choice of DOF with excellent bokeh. Only suggestion would be to have a bit less room on the left and a bit more on the right.

Nice image, hope you suceed in getting closer. Agree with the comments about cropping a bit. Thanks for sharing.

You certainly nailed it, despite the distance, Ian! The partial view accents the elusiveness. I like it

No need to get closer for this one Ian, great composition, dof looks spot on too! well seen/done!

Hi Ian,

This shot is nicely composed (tho' I might agree with the others that the subject may be a just a tad too tight the right side of the frame)...and I particularly like the leading line of the ridge the rabbit is on (or just behind). I do think an image like this is dependent on a very strong visual contrast in sharpness and detail between the out-of-focus background/foreground and the fine detail on the subject. In the vast majority of your shots you employ this principle extremely well (no one does it better!). But in this case, while the hare is obviously sharp and stands out, to me it is just a little too distant (and too small in the frame) to REALLY see enough fine detail on it to make the image work as well as most of your images (at least on a computer monitor). I suspect this image would work better for me as a large print, where I have no doubt the kind of detail I would be looking for WOULD be present.

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad

There is no need to get closer for me. I like this one very much. Well composed, nice choice of dof and lovely colours.

Ian....I like many things about this. The diagonal line, the selective focus and the soft light....I am still uncertain if I would be tempted to crop it down a litte though. I like the minimalist effect...but for me the hare feels positioned too much to the right in this and I think a crop off the three sides (except right) would give the appearance that it is not positioned so far away.