Not going to be a repeat of the lens saga Mike . That was a lesson learnt anyway

Thanks Mike

When I started reading that sentence I must have switched off, no wonder Mike-P got so bored half way. My way of reading boring stuff is making long jumps and switching off on parts of the sentences .

But even it what you just mentioned was the case and he thinks that have seen nothing but flat, boring, pedestrian, predictable, unassuming, dull and flat out knock me out with a VALIUM the size of a HOCKEY PUCK images shouldn't he at least explain why the lighting does that? and what would be the alternative, at least for the mortals like me who don't have access to state of the art studios like he has? All I have is a shed, although air-conditioned I must admit and with a mini bar now nicely positioned nicely stocked with drinks and mars bars

Agree with it Mike, hence for the sake of avoiding any ill feeling I had just left a small window opening and then made sure I clarified that wasn't going to take any more.
And apologies if I misinterpreted your comment in thinking that you might still be considering the initial offer. Just as you mentioned, better leave always everything clarified to avoid misunderstandings and ill feelings.

Dan,
the case has been made here for you , fully see it now, and yes, looking at it again I can see why that part of the fur is focused, its part of the shoulder becomes part of the focusing place

I don't have a day job Ken
I have a night job

How else do you think I spend time lurking around this forum?

Dan

Well spotted , and let's lock ourselves here in a small amicable debate shall we? Gosh I can't believe I am locking horns here with an equivalent of a titan in photography compared to me, but hey, if I don't blurt out what I think then I won't learn or improve more

So here it goes:

I follow your thought process and I must admit that soon after you explained that it was out OOF rather than a blur first look satisfied me immediately. But then again started to think that if that jaw and tooth is OOF then how come the plane below it which is slightly further away from the spot on focus and the jaw position, where you can see the bit of black fur still somewhat at 2 o'clock position is still in focus.
The DOF wouldn't have jumped one plane leaving it out of focus and then getting the focusing back on a lower plane would it?
It would mean thatit has sandwiched one OOF plane between two focused ones.

Unless I am seeing something wrong again in which case I am sure your great experience and talent will elucidate me

Thanks

Amin

Yes one look at your avtar says it all. I already had noticed that

Gosh.. you are smart Mike . You got that spot on.

Mike, from my side I am sorry to say I have already ordered and allocated the nummber of bodies for the people who approached me arlier. Not going to order anymore, at least not at the offered price. Please read my earlier post.

yes Mike, you are right. I read it all and as I said even with my limited understanding of the english language that's the idea I was left with, that he is not overly impressed with soft boxes either.

But in the end I remained none the wiser as he didn't explain why.

And thanks for letting pass the joke , it must have been pretty hard, knowing how you can always pinpoint accurately moments to throw in an oportunistic joke

thanks Martin, it does help to understand a bit better, and will try to implement that procedure to improve my captures thanks again for your time explaining