10 point buck

[Don Lacy]

10 point buck resting

40D, 500 f/4, 1/250 at f/4, Aperture Priority, Evaluative Metered + 2/3, Raw, ISO 400

[Sid Garige]

Awesome portrait Don. Great eye contact and comp.

[Robert Amoruso]

I agree Don, excellent composition and framing. Even the BG compliments the antlers well.

I think the highlights are a bit bright in this image. I would suggest making a selection of the highlights (see second link below) using the channels palette and CRTL-Click on the RGB channel. Back at layers palette on a BG copy, create a mask of the selection. Then change blending mode to multiply (first link below). Adjust opacity to suit. This will help to reduce the highlights while protecting the shadows from getting too dark. In the repost I left opacity at 100% just to make the affect obvious. You can adjust as needed or paint black on the mask to remove the affect.


1) Go to http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...ad.php?t=20434 (http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php?t=20434)

For Reverse S-Curve, Shadows/Highlights, Local Contrast Enhancement (LCE), Blending Mode and Selective Color.

2) Go to http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...d.php?p=161168 (http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php?p=161168)

For Selecting Highlights and Shadows and Gradient Masks

[Rachel Hollander]

Don -Really like the comp of this. IMO the repost improves the image.

TFS,
Rachel

[Arthur Morris]

A nice job of framing and Robert's repost is quite excellent as the ORIG was too light.