Hey bro, what should we do with him?

[Gregor Bergquist]

Two hyenas obviously having a chat :c3:

Nikon D3, 600mm, Iso 1600, f/4, 1/1600s, Slightly cropped and levels adjusted in LR

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[Ken Watkins]

An interesting composition here, but certainly on my monitor the colours look very weird indeed. I would try adjusting the WB to start with as the Hyenas rumps seem to have quite a bit of magenta. The blue whist quite possibly natural would be better a little lighter.

Finally I think it could do with some NR on the BG.

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Gregor, I like the content, with the two hyenas to one side, with the lion to the right, almost hidden from view in both both senses of the word. Without much info I assume the white specs are rain? I would look at reducing both the Red & Magenta, red being decreased more, likewise the cyan in the sky, but all personal taste. I would also clone out/remove the black mark to the RHS on the horizon line. Based on the DOF, why such a high SS/ISO?

TFS
Steve

[Mark Wiseman]

Hi Gregor,
I like the composition of your image. Agree with Ken and Steveon the colour cast of the image.
Thanks for sharing and best wishes,
Mark.

[Rachel Hollander]

I missed the lion at first look! Good suggestions above for improving this.

TFS,
Rachel

[Ken Watkins]

Gregor,

I hope you do not mind, but I could not resist trying out my ideas.

What do you think, the quality is not the best as the low resolution JPEG is not the best place to start with.

[Morkel Erasmus]

Well seen Gregor, and you made an image that tells an interesting story...which is better than a standard portrait in my book any day of the week. I wish I did that more. :w3
Nice use of layers as well.
Steve has pointed out the main colour issues which I also have. Ken's repost is in the right direction, but might have too much yellow/green. Somewhere in the middle (or 3/4) perhaps? :tinysmile_shy_t:

[Grady Weed]

Good advice given above by both Ken and Morkel. Please keep posting and thanks for sharing.

[Steve Canuel]

Neat comp and some nice colors that just need a little tweaking in Ken's repost direction. I looked at this four times and only noticed the lion after reading Steve K's comments :e3. Was too focused on trying to figure out what the dark spot on the horizon was.

[Gregor Bergquist]

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Having no new wildlife photos, I was having a go at this old one.

Some small corrections, changing WB, curves slightly, removing the bird (black dot).

All the small white dots are indeed rain.

What do you think?

[Steve Kaluski]

Looks a lot better Gregor, making those initial corrections is key, well done for revisiting the image and RP the result. :cheers:

[Gregor Bergquist]

Thanks, Steve