Another one from Yellowstone. Taken early morning on an overcast day. Remember to get your last images for February's Eye Contact Theme in by tomorrow. Also get your images ready for March's Theme - Youngsters to start posting on the 1st.
Canon 7DII
100-400 II @ 400mm
1/640
f5.6
ISO 1600
HH, cropped to straighten and eliminate some partial sage bushes in fg, levels, curves, selective burning, sharpened in CCPS.
C&C welcome and appreciated. Thanks,
Rachel
02-27-2015, 09:06 AM
christopher galeski
nice image,like the eye contact,good exposure,nice detail,like how the color of the coyote goes with the rock.
02-27-2015, 12:36 PM
Sanjeev Aurangabadkar
Awesome image, great eye contact and lovely composition. Nice looking whites and details.
02-27-2015, 12:59 PM
Gabriela Plesea
...Isn't he cute, with that dark nose like a button, those lovely yellow eyes, and foxy ears?
Hello Rachel,
Great eye contact with the subject here - he is looking right at you! You could easily turn this into a monochrome but I like it more as is, with those browns and a tad of red above the nose...Love the footprints...Nice detail on the Coyote, the composition works so well with the inclusion of environment, this is beautifully processed and I can find no fault :t3- congratulations Rachel:cheers:
Warmest regards,
02-27-2015, 01:04 PM
Andre Pretorius
Hi Rachel
Love the comp with the spoor and the hole on the right.
The stare is very intense, what did you do?:eek3::t3
Exposure spot on, love the two bushes.
The lines below rock and at bottom of Coyote very definite, not used to that clear definition in sand..Suppose that is snow...
Like it!
02-27-2015, 04:29 PM
Steve Canuel
Hi Rachel,
I like the bookend sagebrush and the BG rock. The color temp looks perfect for the conditions to my eye and contributes to the overall mood of the image.
02-27-2015, 06:36 PM
Rachel Hollander
Thanks everyone for the kind comments. Andre - I think it was just that there were 6 photographers pointing cameras at him that caused the eye contact.
Thanks again,
Rachel
02-27-2015, 08:49 PM
Steve Kaluski
Hi Rachel, I like this a lot and I feel the colour & clarity is far better than the Bob cat, but this is closer :S3:. Not sure if it needs a little off the top and the small crevasse on the RHS filled in, but then it might look to plain? In an ideal world not having the Sage grass in front would be better IMHO, but nothing you could do and certainly no deal breaker.
TFS
Steve
PS First signs of Bears, plus notices out, it's just too warm at this time, cannot believe it!!!!!
02-27-2015, 09:07 PM
Rachel Hollander
Hi Steve - yes, this was probably a third to half the distance to the bobcat. I looked at the crevasse and cropping it out but decided it added a little depth to the image breaking up the white of the snow.
Yes, bears have been seen in Yellowstone too with the earliest being a day or two after I left. I guess it would be pretty crazy to see a bear while skiing, you'll have to use your cell for an image.
Thanks for looking,
Rachel
02-28-2015, 01:48 AM
Morkel Erasmus
Hey Rachel.
This works well on all fronts. Exposure is great, framing of the canid between the shrubs and BG rock is perfect.
Subtle tones are great too.
Well done :cheers:
02-28-2015, 11:45 AM
Marc Mol
Agree with all the positive comments above, for me it's the framing & comp along with good eye contact that takes this above the norm here Rachel.
TFSW
02-28-2015, 12:53 PM
Rachel Hollander
Thanks Morkel and Marc, much appreciated.
02-28-2015, 02:21 PM
haseeb badar
Hi Rachel ! What a beautiful image. I really liked this one , especially the eye contact . Exposure is spot on ! The ditch in the right corner of the frame and can be cropped of , slightly distracting it is .
03-01-2015, 07:21 AM
Andreas Liedmann
Hi Rachel coming in late ...... i agree with the above said regarding all what makes animate work .......
So this works fro me on all counts .... well not all . My eye is drawn to the blacks on the rock in BG , i would try to give them a more grayish look rather than the natural look you have presented , but this is just a very minor thing.
TFS Andreas
03-02-2015, 02:16 AM
Dumay de Boulle
Lovely image design. Tones and textures are amazing, thats all I can add. I have to get there someday
03-02-2015, 08:04 PM
Rachel Hollander
Thanks Haseeb, Andreas and Dumay, much appreciated.
03-03-2015, 08:49 AM
Behin Nazemroaya
Hello Rachel
Graet shot. I love the light-gray tonality of the subject & surroundings.
03-09-2015, 10:45 AM
D. Robert Franz
Rachel, never got back to this image... You did very well here. The 7d2 and new 100-400mm seem to perform very well. Great detail here! Well composed and the space in the UR has enough detail/texture to help hold interest!
03-09-2015, 10:58 AM
Rachel Hollander
Thanks Behin and Dale. Dale - So far I am pretty happy with the combo.