Smiling Doe & Repost

Gallery: WildlifePosted December 28, 2011140 views5 comments

Another wildlife image I found when shooting at Antelope Island, Utah. This was captured just before we found the 'Shrike!' image posted in the Avian gallery.

Just like her smile!

D3s
500mm f/4
TC-14II E
1/1600s @ f/5.6
ISO 1000
1/3 EV
Pattern

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Carol Nichols on December 28, 2011 at 1:34 PM

Chuck, I love the environment you have captured here. It goes so well with the pronghorn. Unfortuntately the animal does not seem to be in focus. Some extra sharpening may help.

Registered on November 7, 2007, 161 Posts, 1420 Comments

Comment posted by Charles Gangas on December 28, 2011 at 2:35 PM

Carol-I went fairly light on the first round of sharpening, I've added another layer here-hope it improves the image. Thanks for the critique.

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on December 28, 2011 at 5:19 PM

Love the exposed teeth here...though the original image seems quite soft and underexposed. The repost is better in this regard.

I also am not too keen on the crop with the chopped off legs in this case. I often don't mind it if the facial expression is strong or the focal point is elsewhere. I would crop tighter here.

Registered on March 22, 2011, 385 Posts, 2068 Comments

Comment posted by Brad Hill on December 29, 2011 at 8:52 AM

Hi Chuck,

Like that "smile"! I think the second version is better tho' to me it still looks a little on the underexposed side. I'm in agreement with most of Morkel's comments - so "ditto" me on what he said!

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad

Registered on May 29, 2007, 431 Posts, 6061 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on December 29, 2011 at 11:15 AM

Charles...a third vote for the tight crop from me. I think the needed sharpening on the second post is WAY better than the first. BTW, the smile was making me laugh this morning when I woke up!

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