I had a good day with the hares today and managed a few shots of this guy loping straight towards the lens as I lay on the ground. Not sure how well this works actually, but I wouldn't have swapped the experience for the world. Sadly as he got even closer, my hands got less steady and the shots got softer.
cropped 20% off for comp and to remove some Oof dandelion heads a couple more of which I took out with the spot healing brush as well. I would have preferred to have kept them, but they were unidentifiable white blobs that added nothing.
40D; 500/4.5
iso 200; 1/250; f8
Great pose Eric, you have been lucky with these, looks like he is covering his modesty rather than running towards you.
Just looking at it on the laptop, but a fraction more in levels perhaps, not sure? Agree with DC about the crop. Central placement works well on this image.
you've done very well here Eric, those eyes are pin sharp. I like the proportions of the image as it currently is so I don't think you should crop, but you could maybe consider toning down the top strip. A very nice image though and the fact it's running towards you makes it a bit different to many others.
Lots of crop Ideas I reckon you should take a cm and a half of the bottom and a centimetre off the top. Great to have one running at you. I would be happy with this.
Like the head on pose and oof grass and low level. If you want to try and do something with the top of the image, you could very quickly extend part of the image. In a nut shell you select the top third of the image, copy and paste it in to a new layer and then use Transform to extend just that top section up. That technique works very well for small fixes like this and would take about 30 seconds to do.
Thank you for the C&C people. All suggestions duly noted and taken on board. Thanks for the tutorial link Richard. I must admit that on the few occasions that I have added canvas, I have always slid the top two layers apart slightly and then lost the hard edge on the top one using a soft, low opacity brush on a layer mask. It achieves the same thing but it is good to learn other ways to do these things. Much appreciated. eric
A great piece of work and I love the way it's looking right at you, as for the composition and the crop I would leave it as it is works just fine for me.
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22 repliescropped 20% off for comp and to remove some Oof dandelion heads a couple more of which I took out with the spot healing brush as well. I would have preferred to have kept them, but they were unidentifiable white blobs that added nothing.
40D; 500/4.5
iso 200; 1/250; f8
C&C welcome
Dave
For me removing the top of the image would spoil the comp by making it shorter - perhaps better to just tone it down a wee bit.
Just looking at it on the laptop, but a fraction more in levels perhaps, not sure? Agree with DC about the crop. Central placement works well on this image.
TFS
Steve
A decisive moment well caught. Perhaps a little more levels top make it pop. The crossed over feet and the eyes make the shot.
I agree a little of the top or toned right down to balance the image.
Wish I had that close an encounter with hares!
Shaun
Simon
David
Matt
super shot
Nits covered
Mark.G
Dale
Like the head on pose and oof grass and low level. If you want to try and do something with the top of the image, you could very quickly extend part of the image. In a nut shell you select the top third of the image, copy and paste it in to a new layer and then use Transform to extend just that top section up. That technique works very well for small fixes like this and would take about 30 seconds to do.
I wrote a tutorial on the technique a while back, you can read it here.
Simon
Keith.
David