Submitter's name:	Steve Goss
Title:	Rabbit on the rocks
Gear used:	OM-4Ti + Tokina RMC 50-200mm zoom, at 200mm
Diafragm:	Unsure
Shutter speed:	Auto
Film used:	Fuji Superia 400asa
Technical information:	Hand-held, the 400 asa film allowed a fast enough shutter speed to get at least part of the picture sharp. The granite gravel the rabbit is on is more or less flat, but not entirely level. It looks like it curves up in the back, but that's an illusion.
Subject information:	There are a bunch of rabbits at my parent's condo. One afternoon I chased one around the buildings trying to get some good shots of it.
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Comment left by: Vicki (vanda@dtn.ntl.com)

What I most liked about this one is the way the focus is used to make the rabbit totally central to the shot, but still leaves it clear how wonderfully he is camouflaged by his colouration against the background.

Comment left by: Tim Hughes (Hi100@aol.com)

I like the graded bokeh in this shot going from out of focus through sharp. This photograph grows on you with time. I tend to think of Bokeh as related to very out of focus images rather than a gradation as seen here.

Comment left by: Charles Packard (packardc@hiwaay.net)

I the way the bokeh exposes the rabbit from its natural camoflage.

Comment left by: Ray Moth (ray_moth@yahoo.com)

Excellent use of selective focus. The bokeh allows us to see the rabbit but, at the same time, to realise how well camouflaged it is against that background.

Comment left by: Paul Schings (ZuikoholicRI@aol.com)

Agreed, great example of selective focus. More depth of field and the rabbit would have been much harder to see. Maybe it's my monitor, but do I detect the "concentric circle" affect in the background of this one as well? In here it's more of a semicircle, though.

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