The Bandit

Gallery: WildlifePosted March 12, 2016191 views6 comments

I usually am able to sleep in for an hour or two on Saturdays, but this morning I had to run some errands early this morning. While peering through our garage window, I saw a medium sized raccoon beneath the bird feeders. He stuck around and I was able to get this photo of him after the light improved slightly. I cropped for composition by removing space from the right and bottom. K5 IIs 180 mm f3.5 (1/25 sec at f5.6, ISO 1250) Noise Reduction on BG, Levels, slight bump up in Contrast & Brightness, slight reduction in saturation of blues on the tree trunk..............................Jim

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by William Bickle on March 13, 2016 at 9:42 AM

Hello Jim,... Nice and crisp at head area, with excellent details

Bill

Registered on June 13, 2011, 183 Posts, 1702 Comments

Comment posted by Stephen Kaluski on March 14, 2016 at 3:29 AM

Lovely eye contact here Jim and I really like the overall comp too. I would try 'blowing' in a bit of colour to loose the white highlight above the right ear for continuity. A quick and easy fix which I feel would elevate the image even more.

TFS
Steve

Registered on March 25, 2007, 189 Posts, 1064 Comments

Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on March 14, 2016 at 9:50 AM

Great pose n expressions here.
Somehow, I'm not sure about the cut, you've given at the bottom, would prefer to have either more or less of the Raccoon.
Jagdeep Rajput

Registered on April 29, 2008, 686 Posts, 2857 Comments

Comment posted by Wayne Jones on March 14, 2016 at 11:45 PM

Nice details, and I really like the back-lighting.

Registered on April 18, 2007, 953 Posts, 6435 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on March 15, 2016 at 9:01 PM

Nicely done, with lots of emotional appeal! Thanks for posting it.

Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Watkins on March 16, 2016 at 3:25 AM

Jim,

Great shot with a wonderful facial expression devil

Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments