Wild Dog Pups

[Vivaldo Damilano]

D300 500 VR lens taken at 700mm. 1/800s at F8 ISO 1000. This image was taken in Savuti, the ISO setting were to high, used NR on the BG and shadow area's.

[peter delaney]

Hi Vivaldo...

not sure what has happened here.... have just done a very quick refix.. i would like to darken BKG a tad.. but i am having a problem with laptop...:S3:

[Wynand van Wyk]

Wow, amazing colours and what a sighting captured! Love the detail and background.

A super image!:S3:

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Thanks Peter, something definitely went wrong with your edit as BG has gone lighter :bg3: TKS Wynand.

[peter delaney]

lol... probably something ... to do with all that orange !!! i had to take out !:c3:

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Vivaldo, I agree with Peter, I think you may wish to check your settings or calibration as the OP does look very 'pink'. :S3: Once that is addressed you have a good image, with good posse & composition.

Although I am away and never like to trust my macBook pro for colour, I feel Peter's does address part of the main issue of colour cast, but perhaps it does need a hint in levels too just to give it a bit more depth. I would be interested to see Peters version with a hint more of a darker BG, but worry that the contrast between BG & subject may not give the image punch as per you OP when corrected?

Hope you resolve the issue, however I am sure, like me, Peter could drop you a line or i can if it helps.

TFS
Steve

[Morkel Erasmus]

Fantastic sighting, low angle and light!
Agree on the OP being too orange/reddish. Took Peter's repost and darkened the BG :w3
WDYT?

[Morkel Erasmus]

Sorry Steve, we must've posted at the same time! To my eye your repost is a tad 'cold', and it looks like the image was shot in good "late/early" light? :2

[Steve Kaluski]

No worries Morkel, yours looks better as mine shows a certain amount of blue, will try and delete the revised image, as there is no real value in it.

Steve:w3

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Thanks all for help:bg3: I edited this image a while back and was a bit heavy handed when it came to adding saturation. Here's my second attempt, reduced orange and darkened BG as Peter suggested and tried adding contrast as suggested by Steve. Morkel do like the darker BG in u post TKS

[Rachel Hollander]

Vivaldo - repost looks much better. Nice pose and I like the sloping fg.

TFS,
Rachel

[Harshad Barve]

Lovely pose , details and BG ,
TFS

[John Blumenkamp]

Love the pose and composition here... the angle is great, and makes it almost look like you found a two-headed pup. I think your last repost is looking pretty good!

[Ofer Levy]

Morkel's repost looks great to me! Lovely image!

[Marc Mol]

Love the sync'd bodies with different perspectives here Viv, very nice BG also

TFS


Hi Vivaldo...

not sure what has happened here.... have just done a very quick refix.. i would like to darken BKG a tad.. but i am having a problem with laptop...:S3:

Something like this Peter


Oooops.....just saw that Morkel had this covered already, pays to check ALL replies I guess.:e3

[Dumay de Boulle]

Not sure what happened with the color in the first post...Were you that mad that you were seeing red:t3:S3: I think you have a winner her with the pose of the 2 pups. Great IQ and comp. Love the repost in pane 7 (Morkels)

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Thanks all for suggestions and comments :S3: I also like Morkels post and good one Dumay :bg3: