Gallery: WildlifePosted January 6, 2017122 views8 comments
This young male is part of a small pride in Tswalu concession, South Africa.
EOS 1DX
200-400 mm F4 with 1.4 EX at 560 mm
F5.6
ISO 800
1/320
Comments
8 comments
Comment posted by Ronald Murphy on January 6, 2017 at 9:59 AM
You caught a very nice moment here. I might brighten the mid tones and reduce the blues a bit.
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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on January 6, 2017 at 1:26 PM
This is an exceptional image - tack-sharp, great eye contact and tongue, and placed perfectly in the frame.
Doesn't seem dark at all from here. If one were looking hard for nits, that one little circular bit of grass "growing" out of his back on the right could go.
Amazing shot!
Sandy
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Comment posted by Marc Dubuc on January 6, 2017 at 10:53 PM
Very nice image! Nice details and good eye contact!
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Comment posted by Robert Strickland on January 7, 2017 at 11:17 AM
LOVELY PHOTOS, EXCEPTIONALLY SHARP, GREAT EYE CONTACT, HARD TO FIND ANYTHING NEGATIVE, GREAT SHOT
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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on January 8, 2017 at 6:17 PM
Excellent portrait, Ken, just as posted. As a matter of exploring options, you might try to increase brightness/contrast on just the subject to see how that would lift him more from the dark background. Worth a try?
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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on January 9, 2017 at 4:51 AM
Thanks everybody!
Lon,
Not sure how to achieve this, thanks for the suggestion.
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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on January 9, 2017 at 11:08 AM
Ken, Lon Overacker (landscape mod) just answered a very similar question in landscape gallery...rather than reinvent the wheel, here is how he explained:
"This will be hard to explain, but I should have been more specifically and said "selectively bring up the highlights." There's a dozen different ways to accomplish this and my way might not be how someone else would do it. You could take the layer where you increased the exposure (or perhaps you did in RAW?), but if a layer, add a quick mask and then paint out the areas that got too bright, or didn't need the brightness. for example, the open patch of earth, that didn't need to be brighter, in fact it's more washed out now. Another method would be to simply dodge and burn the original with a soft brush. Personally, I love the freedom and creativity one can use by painting on an image. and by "painting" I mean whatever adjustment you've made, you can paint in or out the adjustments. For example, a flowing cascade over/around some rock. I want the rocks sharp, but most times one doesn't want to sharpen water or sky. So you sharpen, and then paint (mask out) the sharpness in the water. anyway, just an idea,"
I think most photo software has some kind of selective edit ability...sometimes it is just a couple of clicks. And the differences can be stunning.
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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on January 12, 2017 at 2:18 AM
Lon,
Many thanks for the detailed explanation, a bit complicated for me but I will give it a try.
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8 commentsDoesn't seem dark at all from here. If one were looking hard for nits, that one little circular bit of grass "growing" out of his back on the right could go.
Amazing shot!
Sandy
Lon,
Not sure how to achieve this, thanks for the suggestion.
"This will be hard to explain, but I should have been more specifically and said "selectively bring up the highlights." There's a dozen different ways to accomplish this and my way might not be how someone else would do it. You could take the layer where you increased the exposure (or perhaps you did in RAW?), but if a layer, add a quick mask and then paint out the areas that got too bright, or didn't need the brightness. for example, the open patch of earth, that didn't need to be brighter, in fact it's more washed out now. Another method would be to simply dodge and burn the original with a soft brush. Personally, I love the freedom and creativity one can use by painting on an image. and by "painting" I mean whatever adjustment you've made, you can paint in or out the adjustments. For example, a flowing cascade over/around some rock. I want the rocks sharp, but most times one doesn't want to sharpen water or sky. So you sharpen, and then paint (mask out) the sharpness in the water. anyway, just an idea,"
I think most photo software has some kind of selective edit ability...sometimes it is just a couple of clicks. And the differences can be stunning.
Many thanks for the detailed explanation, a bit complicated for me but I will give it a try.