Posted by Kevin Lewis on October 19, 2006 at 8:10 PM
thanks for the walkabout today :)
The weather wasn't brilliant but it didn't rain so no major complaints lol. This pair of deer were practising for along time so I took the opportunity to play a bit and try to get some head shots with the antlers engaged. Sometimes experiments fail but there is always next time with some decent light :)
Image taken with a 1D MkII N, 600mm f4 IS USM prime plus EFx1.4TC. System sat on a Gitzo 1348 (lovely piece of carbon) and a Manfrotto 393 head.
Low light meant 640iso 1/100sec@f8 which hasn't done any favours to the subject detail. Processed in Capture One Pro and CS2
Cropped from left and right, leaving an image size of 2000x2000.
Posted by Phil Shaw on October 20, 2006 at 2:11 AM
Great bit of action. I'm sure you could pull some more natural colour out of this in Photoshop using a LAB colour adjustment.
Posted by John Gardner on October 20, 2006 at 4:36 AM
I agree with Phil, needs the colours pulling through in PS. O/wise a great action shot
John
Posted by John Chapman on October 20, 2006 at 6:26 AM
Hi Kevin
great action shot and I agree with the other comments.
John
Aberdeen
Posted by Danny Green on October 20, 2006 at 7:33 AM
Hello Kev
It was a pleasure meeting you and I am glad you came away with some nice images. Great idea to go in this tight, really works. These guys were at it a long time so that was a bonus, it was shame the light didn't get better as predicted by the weathermen never trust a forecast.
Hi Kevin,
The eye to eye look and tight square composition works great.
I'd also prefer just a little more warmth and/or colour added to the image and perhaps a small increase in contrast.
Discussion
7 repliesThe weather wasn't brilliant but it didn't rain so no major complaints lol. This pair of deer were practising for along time so I took the opportunity to play a bit and try to get some head shots with the antlers engaged. Sometimes experiments fail
Image taken with a 1D MkII N, 600mm f4 IS USM prime plus EFx1.4TC. System sat on a Gitzo 1348 (lovely piece of carbon) and a Manfrotto 393 head.
Low light meant 640iso 1/100sec@f8 which hasn't done any favours to the subject detail. Processed in Capture One Pro and CS2
Cropped from left and right, leaving an image size of 2000x2000.
John
great action shot and I agree with the other comments.
John
Aberdeen
It was a pleasure meeting you and I am glad you came away with some nice images. Great idea to go in this tight, really works. These guys were at it a long time so that was a bonus, it was shame the light didn't get better as predicted by the weathermen
Danny
Terry
Great action - agree with the other comments re. lack of colour etc!
David
The eye to eye look and tight square composition works great.
I'd also prefer just a little more warmth and/or colour added to the image and perhaps a small increase in contrast.