Buffalo Portrait

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

An African Buffalo at Ruaha NP, TZ. The light was really nice & I had a clean BG so went for a head shot.
5D III
700mm
1/1600
f/7.1
ISO 800

[D. Robert Franz]

Nice tight portrait in some pretty nice light. A few OOF FG grasses are a bit of a problem. You might try shooting this in the vertical getting legs in the image fully and cutting of the buffalo just behind the shoulder.

[haseeb badar]

Hi Sanjeev -- Lovely portrait and some very nice light ! Looks sharp and full of details . Agree with FG grass blades especially the one which is OOF , it is quite an eye catching element. But overall very nicely done .

TFS !

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Sanjeev, a nice rich image with a cool backdrop, but there are, as mentioned, a few issues relating to the grasses sadly, but nothing you could have done, although are there any frames further on perhaps? I just wonder if there is any more detail you can get from the larger area of the horn? Techs look better on this one :S3:.

TFS
Steve

[Steve Kaluski]

Sanjeev, I think if you have the time and on reflection, I do feel it's worth revisiting the original file. The majority of grasses are fairly easy to remove, likewise I do think you can get more from the horn with the raw. I did loose some from the LHS without any IQ loss, but you call. Hope this helps, but if you have the latest PS the cloning isn't that challenging, trust me.

[Mike Poole]

Good choice of framing with the sun angle, and the Buffalo heading towards the light. I agree regarding the stray grasses, and Steves RP works well,

Mike

[Bob Miller]

I think the repost works well! Cloning is easy and takes the image to another level. Also, if you haven't already look into the patch tool in pS