Wild Dog Portrait - Lost thread

[Rachel Hollander]

Here's one that I had posted last week but it got lost in the data crash (or whatever it was). Taken on my 2009 trip to the Sabi Sands Game Reserve in South Africa. This was late morning so the light was already a little strong. This was the repost after some suggestions by Steve K.

Canon 50D
100-400 @ 400mm
1/500
f8
ISO 200
HH from safari vehicle, luminosity mask, levels, curves, slight s/h, cropped to vertical from horizontal and sharpened in CS5.

C&C welcome and appreciated. Thanks,
Rachel

[v.p.nurdeen]

Hi Rachel,
Lovely image great IQ and soft BG.
VPN

[Tom Graham]

Ah yes, I remember this image. I did a repost with bit more color saturation and lightened a bit the shadows, especially the eyes
Tom

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks VPN and Tom. Yes Tom, I lightened the shadows a little more (including the eyes) but sorry, I did not like the increase in saturation that you had done. I believe the colors as posted are more true.

Thanks again,
Rachel

[Hilary Hann]

Very nice portrait Rachel and I think you have extracted optimum IQ. Very nice soft background adds much to the overall look here.

[Marc Mol]

Liked it the first time as well Rachel, always good to see WD here.
TFS

[Russell Johnson]

Processed well with the harsh light, Rachel.

My personal nit would be the shooting angle, as I would have prefered the image more eye level.

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks Hilary, Marc and Russell, much appreciated.

[Pieter de Waal]

Lovely portrait Rachel, good detail and the colours look right to me. I also like the head angle which makes for a more interesting portrait.

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks Pieter.

[dankearl]

Beautiful, Rachel.
Intimate portrait, like a family pet.
Very nice.

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks Dan, appreciate the comment.

[Harshad Barve]

nice one with excellent compo and details
TFS