First Post

[Kurt Bowman]

I just want to say hello. I post often in another nature forum and a friend of mine told me about this site and how fantastic the work is here. Looking forward to viewing many nice images from all of you. Here are my techs:

Canon 7D
Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 w/1.4 tc
exp 1/1250 at f/6.3
ISO 400
handheld

Thanks,
Kurt

[Harshad Barve]

One lovely image to start posting in wildlife , nice pose and sharpness
Looks like you have applied NR/blurr on BG , some effect showing near face
TFS

[Steve Canuel]

Welcome Kurt. I like your comp with the rocks and grassy FG. Ram has a nice pose too. I like the way the shadow sort of frames the face. It looks like there's a rock in the BG right behind the middle of the nose, but I'm also seeing a bit of a halo of some sort around most of his head.

[Marc Mol]

Welcome to BPN Kurt!
Agree with Harshad & Steve re. halo, could do with a round of USM on the Ram also.
Has the makings of a fine portrait.

[Morkel Erasmus]

agree with the halo - but this one really pops! nice and sharp in great light. some TLC will sort it out soon...

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Hi Kurt,
Welcome to BPN!

I agree with the comments regarding post processing. The shadow adds to the image and creates a pattern. Look forward to more images from you.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[DanWalters]

Nice shot Kurt. I like the pose and the light. Nice colors as well.

[Betsie Storm]

Welcome Kurt! Nice first post; like everyone has already mentioned, a few tweaks will improve it a lot. Looking forward to more posts.