Giraffe Scape

[Dumay de Boulle]

1D MKIII
100-400 L IS @ 100mm
ISO 100
AV f8
TV 1/200
Aperture and CS5

Never really tried a scape like this before. Light was from the wrong angle but with some careful PP and I like the result....Crits appreciated:S3:

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Dumay, Beautiful classic African scene. Very well processed, it all works for me! :cheers:

TFS,
Rachel

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Dumay,
like the scene you captured ,nice processing with colors i like very much.You should try to photograph more scapes with animals.!!
I think the image has even more potential in terms of contrast in the sky ,you can bring out the clouds a bit more i think could look even better.I do not know if it could be possible to lighten the eye a tad.

Cheers Andreas

[Russell Johnson]

Looks well processed, would be interested to see the raw file.

Good DOF of field to stop the giraffe looking cut in two.

[Mark Wiseman]

Hi Dumay,
I like the detail and comp of your image. The thin clouds add to the depth of the image.
Thanks for sharing and best wishes,
Mark.

[Morkel Erasmus]

A lovely scene bud. You should 'scape' more :t3
Very nicely processed too.
My first thoughts echo what Andreas pointed out - getting more out of the sky...

Which is what I did in this repost...perhaps a bit too much?
WDYT?

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Dumay, great to see you shooting wider and subject works well in frame. I think Morkel's RP addresses the issues raised, IQ is still there.

TFS
Steve

[Dumay de Boulle]

Thanks folks...Morkel, I like what you did. Wasn't sure what to do to bring out the clouds.

[Morkel Erasmus]

Thanks folks...Morkel, I like what you did. Wasn't sure what to do to bring out the clouds.

No worries, bud. I basically made a quick layer of the giraffe and FG and then worked on the BG layer (the original image) so that changes affected only the sky portion. I then ran Robert's multiplied highlights luminosity layer on the BG, set to 30-40% opacity. I also used burn and dodge to accentuate the clouds a bit more.

As with everything - to taste - play around a bit?

[Ken Watkins]

Dumay,

Great image capturing "Africa" perfectly