Golden Jackal

Very nice, sharply detailed portrait Ken, I like the over the shoulder pose.

Really nice, Ken. I think detail is excellent and pose adds a lot. If this is a crop, how about more space behind him in the direction of his gaze, to help move him out of exact center?

Thanks Nate

Lon,
I have to admit that whilst the overall Jackal is centred I nearly always judge the centre of the image to be the subjects head

Hey Ken,

You know, if someone posted this as a spring (post-shedding of winter coat) coyote I doubt anyone would have questioned the ID - the similarity in appearance is quite uncanny (right down to the black-tipped tail). You sure you didn't snap this in an urban park in Canada?

The uniform colour of the background sets the jackal off very nicely and I'll agree that the head turn works well. With Lon on the positioning of the subject in the frame - feels too centred to me too...

Cheers...

Brad

The details in the Jackal really pop in the larger version and the green background sets her off well. The head turn is a fine touch. I also get a kick out of the three flies (?) behind her that show up subtly in the larger version. I've spent 10-15 minutes studying this because the positioning in the frame is challenging. I think this is because the head turn makes this more than a portrait but less than a behavior shot. I do wonder what backing off the zoom a bit would do it terms of moving her more to the right and adding more negative space on the left, but I sure do like the details as presented, so I don't have a definite recommendation.

I like this photo a lot Ken. Must admit it appeared somewhat ho-hum in the thumbnail but when I went to the larger view the beauty present in the details made perfect sense. The composition is fine by me, the dark eye is positioned very nearly at an intersection/rule of thirds point so really is quite a standard way of arranging things in my view. The lighter area of the jackal's coat has a slight green tint on my monitor, "perhaps" a slight desat on the greens would address this. Do you increase saturation globally in your post processing Ken?

Thanks everybody for your comments and suggestions, they are much appreciated

I do indeed have space to either side so I will take a look at the crop suggestions.

Brad,

I have never seen a Coyote apart from web images, but I think that most "dog like" wild animals are very similar with the notable exclusion of the African Wild Dog, which have as many colours as Joseph;s coat

Gary,

I use all sorts of methods to amend colours and have many plug ins, I started with NIK many years ago

So, in answer to my question regarding globally saturating colours I take that as a "Yes". Thanks Ken.