(c) Out for a stroll

I like the sharpness of the eyes and face of the lynx. I do find the small OOF white spot right in front of its feet distracting and would suggest darkening it. Not sure what it is, but the BG in the larger image looks a bit odd to me. Nice portrait of the cat, thanks for sharing.

Nice perspective on this cat, Jorne, I agree with John about the background looking odd in a few places, especially in the larger version. The left and right sides of the animal have unusual artifacts, perhaps from the cloning. As long as your not against cloning I would suggest removing that light spot in front of the animals paws.

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I think the artifacts you are seeing are the result of the sharpening, they are not in the original version. Did some tweaking on the image. you can see a large version here: http://500px.com/photo/17109055

Nice work and what a special encounter Jorne. I might reduce the saturation a tad and remove the blue cast that shows in the fur.

Thanks Jamie. However on my monitor I see no blueish cast? Does anyone else see this? (it is calibrated)

Hey Jorne,

I quite like the contrast here - the quite light cat really pops off the much darker background very well. Great eye contact and overall a really focused look on the cat's face. Perhaps a bit of an awkward stance/pose on the cat - but that's no fault of your's (this guy should have spent a bit more time working on its stride - on the catwalk of course! ).

One small "personal preference" nit: Personally I'd like to see more foreground (the cat positioned further back in the frame) so that it has more room to move into. In this case the cat seems to be about to leave the frame (which some may like), which puts ALL the emphasis on the cat - and little attention is paid to the cat's surroundings. Hope that makes sense...

Cheers...thanks for sharing this one...

Brad

Jorne - nice one. I like the dark background and the angle that you shot at. Overall I'd say the saturation is a bit nuclear. Looking at the large version, there seems to be some motion blur on the head - it is less crisp than the front leg that is not moving. Finally - there are some cloning artifacts in the upper part of the background, most noticeably a sharp line (probably the result from choosing your source point to close to the edge of the frame).

How did you like this park compared to the Bayerischer Wald?

Thanks for the comments and suggestions Brad & Marsel!

Marsel: the artifacts should be gone in the 500px version. While you have to deal with the fence, I think this park is better for photographing Lynx. However, for a decent (but fat) wolf shot the Bayerische Wald is probably still better, but you can't do that in a single day. I'm still looking for more budget wildlife options in or around the Netherlands...

I think you may have made a typo here, as the shutter speed reads 1/320s whereas on 500px it's 1/125s - the latter makes more sense to me because of the motion blur in the head of the lynx. The pose I love, as well as the colour, though a bit less saturation might make it even nicer imo.
Grt, Ingrid.