Red Squirrel+repost.

Nikon D7000
Nikon 300ml 2.8
1/640@f4 iso 500.

Thanks for looking and your comments and tips on my last image.

Keith

Nice, only nit is the closeness of the tail to the left edge,



Ian

Hi Keith, well you have the detail and sharpness and a BKG we all strive to get. I like the DOF, pose, moss covered rock and the curvature of the tail, although I do agree, it's a little too tight on the LHS, putting the camera framing a bit more to the left would have been ideal. For me it looks a bit too much yellow coming through and some simple adjustments in Selective Colour I think would bring it more in balance overall. I will pop some thoughts over to you, easy steps you can try.

Keep up the good work.

TFS
Steve

Agree with the yellow, specially on the fur highlights. Tight on the left but a cracking shot with great dof!

Those highlights in the tail are very hot Keith and the image has an overall greenish yellow cast.

I shoot these little darlings in a place I suspect similar to yours in that they are surrounded by green and sitting on green so they look greenish where ever they are touched by reflected light - usually in the lower midtones and shadow areas.

Your eye compensates for this to a great degree, but the camera can't.

So you should really correct it on a localised basis - easy enough to do in the green point curve inside Photoshop, or better still, in your raw processor.

It is a great background, as Steve noted, but personally I find a square crop rarely works and a little more horizontal space on both sides would have been good. Still a fine portrait though, and could probably be even better with a little tweaking.

David

'So you should really correct it on a localised basis - easy enough to do in the green point curve inside Photoshop, or better still, in your raw processor.' Good call Mr A.

Smart enough Keith. I like the yellow tinge to the BG as its a bit different so I personally would just take it out of the squirrel

Bob

Another beauty and some good advice given, Keith.

Andy...

Minor nits covered Keith...cracking squirrel shot Sir!

Nick.

Done a bit of work on the Squirrel itself is that any better?

Thanks a lot for the tips.

You are heading in the right direction Keith, but think, when you have time, you can still do more from the capture you have.

Steve

In my humble opinion it still is crying out for more space/ canvas on the right. The head is way over the half way line. I cant see much difference in the colour to be honest which didn't bother me in the first place,but I have colour blindness problems anyway
But what do I know ?
I am still leaarning.
JR

cracking subject and pose the "perch" and BG really do compliment

Looks fine to me!! Classic red squirrel image.