Menacing Spring Coyote

[dankearl]

Well as menacing as they get.
Used Steve's suggestion on the color balance.
This is a Huge Crop. If you have a 36 mp sensor you might as well use it.
10% of the original.

1/1250
f6.3
iso800
500mm (300F2.8 W/ 1.7x)
Nikon D800

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[William Giokas]

Great shot . The Nikon 800 is an awesome camera. Bill

[Harshad Barve]

Great image indeed
TFS

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Dan lovely image, I would love to be able to crop like you have and still get lot's of detail. I would however leave a little more room at the bottom TFS:cheers:

[Marc Mol]

Plenty of detail still left Dan for a large crop, how are you finding the 800 for AF speed? Agree with Viv on some lower room.
TFS

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Dan, I like the 'skulking/devilish' look as it gives character to the image.

Re Colour, I still think there is a certain amount of yellow and perhaps more blue coming through, however I think that might be Nikon, as Canon is quite often more warmer. Agree, if you have it some more room below. looks like a very co operative Coyote.

Re Colour, I think if you drop the Yellow & Blue channels in Saturation, then Yellow & Cyan in the Whites and the Cyan in the Neutral it does make a difference, but still retaining the punchy greens of the grass. This might be easily corrected more within the RAW process, where you have a far greater control unlike working with limited colour space of a web file. :S3:

Just my thoughts, however perhaps Mac & Morkel might chime in on this coming from a Nikon BKG.

TFS
Steve

[Rachel Hollander]

Dan - I like the comp but agree about it being a bit tight below. I'm going to be in the minority and say that I think the IQ has suffered slightly from the extreme crop, certainly not as much as it would with other cameras, but I think you can see the degradation in the fur.

TFS,
Rachel

[Marc Mol]

I'm going to be in the minority and say that I think the IQ has suffered slightly from the extreme crop, certainly not as much as it would with other cameras, but I think you can see the degradation in the fur.

TFS,
Rachel

Have to disagree Rachel, given the fact that we're talking about an image that has been cropped by 90% :Whoa!:, I feel the quality/detail holds up extremely well. I'm basing this purely on the very large crop.




Just my thoughts, however perhaps Mac & Morkel might chime in on this coming from a Nikon BKG.

TFS
Steve

I see a very small amount of blue in the whites (on my cal monitor) here Steve and yes it's a Nikon trait. A slight warmth adjustment in RAW WB would be something to look at.

[dankearl]

Rachel, I agree on the IQ, It is cropped more than I ever have or really would do again I think.
I actually see the IQ drop more in the eye than the fur. The fur just looks a bit crisped.
Steve, I do think it is a Nikon color thing, but I am just using the auto WB and may try some other settings
to see how they look.

[Morkel Erasmus]

Rachel, I agree on the IQ, It is cropped more than I ever have or really would do again I think.
I actually see the IQ drop more in the eye than the fur. The fur just looks a bit crisped.
Steve, I do think it is a Nikon color thing, but I am just using the auto WB and may try some other settings
to see how they look.

I am impressed by how the crop held up...but do agree that there is some IQ loss compared to your previous post of this guy. :S3:
Dan, since switching to Nikon I have stayed away from Auto WB. I almost always shoot on "daylight" and might warm it up or cool it down in processing depending on the look I am going for, but most times the "daylight" settings looks most natural to me.

[Tom Graham]

Agree with Steve on color balance as I see on my monitor.
As to whether the camera RAW file is processed too blue or too green or too red, seems to me to be a lot dependent on the RAW processor you're using. Needs tweaking to "taste".
Tom

[Steve Canuel]

A little "crinkly" but nice detail and color. Looks like that kind of ability to crop can really open up some opportunities for you.