Hi Andy a very very nice image, but I'm not so keen on the thin pano.
Phil.
Posted by jack chapman on September 11, 2010 at 7:06 AM
very nice shot, great light and setting, i think the crop works perfectly for the image, out of interest what are you feeding them?
Posted by Graham Goddard on September 11, 2010 at 8:11 AM
I think the pano crop suits the low position of the fox, and lighting also adds an ominous feel to image. Nice one Andy
Posted by Richard Peters on September 11, 2010 at 8:29 AM
I love it! Fantastic light, crop, composition, everything.
Although how did you process it as it almost looks like it's been smoothed over, creating a look that doesn't look quite natural?! The grass mainly, it looks very soft and smooth like it's had to much noise ninja or something.
Posted by Andy Astbury on September 11, 2010 at 8:54 AM
Jack - Mark Davies if he's not careful in reality, good quality oily fish seems to be a preference.
Richard - I never use Noise Ninja or any other NR save for a bit of chrominance in LR3.
The shot is from off the ground - literally. The FG is all grass that's not more than a few inches in front of the lens. There's a dip in the ground between camera and subject, so all the middle FG is not in shot - that's why there's no "less OoF' grass in front of the fox.
Posted by Des Ong on September 11, 2010 at 9:04 AM
Pano works Andy.
Cheers,
Des
Posted by Danny Green on September 11, 2010 at 11:21 AM
Thats Nice glad she turned up for you. Git
Danny
Posted by Austin Thomas on September 11, 2010 at 5:22 PM
Superb Andy.
The light is excellent and I like the pano.
Cheers
Austin
Posted by Chris O'Reilly on September 11, 2010 at 5:54 PM
Like this - great pose, light and composition.
Cheers,
Chris
Posted by John Robinson on September 11, 2010 at 9:04 PM
Not too sure about the foreground on this or the wide pan crop on this one.
Might suit for publication in the right circs.
JR
Posted by Andy Astbury on September 12, 2010 at 1:49 AM
Oh John - it might might it???
Perhaps the nine people who bought A3 prints of it yesterday afternoon need educating.
Posted by Lee fisher on September 12, 2010 at 1:56 AM
Great shot, really like the comp,
Lee
Posted by Simon Litten on September 12, 2010 at 6:25 AM
I think those nine people were right on the money - this is a brilliant image
Simon
Posted by David Kjaer on September 12, 2010 at 12:01 PM
Love the lighting in this image and the pano works well.
David
Posted by John Robinson on September 12, 2010 at 7:32 PM
Andy
At the format you showed us you could get two prints off an A3 then ? Economics great !!
This forum as I understand it is about members expessing their personal views on a picture . Not about how many the poster has sold . It doesn,t really matter if you had sold ten thousand . I have expressed my personal views which is why I paid my money and joined the forum. Any comments I make are my own personal views and if they are not accepted as such , then there is no point in posting any comments at all. The actual fox bit of the shot is OK.
JR
Posted by Andy Astbury on September 13, 2010 at 3:18 AM
At 40.464 x 19.41cms I doubt it very much - do your maths John.
Discussion
19 repliesThe vignetting on the right was natural OoF shadow - I've just evened up with a bit on the left.
D3+200-400 @400mm
ISO 1000
1/320th @ f4.5
LR3+CS4
Really stands out against the dark background.
Well done.
Geoff.
Paul.
Phil.
Although how did you process it as it almost looks like it's been smoothed over, creating a look that doesn't look quite natural?! The grass mainly, it looks very soft and smooth like it's had to much noise ninja or something.
Richard - I never use Noise Ninja or any other NR save for a bit of chrominance in LR3.
The shot is from off the ground - literally. The FG is all grass that's not more than a few inches in front of the lens. There's a dip in the ground between camera and subject, so all the middle FG is not in shot - that's why there's no "less OoF' grass in front of the fox.
Cheers,
Des
Danny
The light is excellent and I like the pano.
Cheers
Austin
Cheers,
Chris
Might suit for publication in the right circs.
JR
Perhaps the nine people who bought A3 prints of it yesterday afternoon need educating.
Lee
Simon
David
At the format you showed us you could get two prints off an A3 then ? Economics great !!
This forum as I understand it is about members expessing their personal views on a picture . Not about how many the poster has sold . It doesn,t really matter if you had sold ten thousand . I have expressed my personal views which is why I paid my money and joined the forum. Any comments I make are my own personal views and if they are not accepted as such , then there is no point in posting any comments at all. The actual fox bit of the shot is OK.
JR