A few weeks ago I took my family to Botswana for a wonderful trip. On an earlier visit I focused primarily on avian subjects, but this time the animals ruled. This was shot early one morning, yielding some warm light.
hi Bill ,
good to see you here in the other world :bg3: , hope you had a good time in bots .
you have captured a nice intimate moment of mum and kid .
all works for me in general ...
personally I would change to things in this image as an alternative , the warm tones can go slightly more orange tone ( matter of taste ) and if you have used shadow recovery globally , I would rather use it selectively on the subject and not on the whole scene . as the grass does give me a slight HDR impression , I hope you understand what I am trying to say .
tfs Andreas
07-23-2022, 09:01 AM
Gabriela Plesea
Dear Bill,
So glad the animals ruled in Botswana:bg3: it's awesome to see you post here in the Wildlife Forum!
Lovely tender scene with mommy zebra and her little foal. Composition works well. This image was captured early morning so I gather colours are consistent with the time of the day, light was soft and warm. Perhaps a good idea from Andreas to try achieve a richer orange tone as it could benefit the image, but it's entirely up to you.
At F10 I would expect the grass near the subjects to have a bit more 'definition' - this would contribute to a more 3D feel, if you know what I mean. Overall a wonderful capture and I really enjoyed viewing, certainly looking forward to more:w3
Kind regards,
07-24-2022, 09:15 AM
Mike Poole
Works for me Bill, a lovely moment and great light
Mike
07-24-2022, 10:58 AM
Bill Dix
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Thank you all for your comments. Always appreciated. Adding a bit of orange was a useful suggestion. Here's a repost in which I used an orange (warming) filter at around 15%, which does help a bit IMO. A confession: when working at the computer I wear a pair of drugstore reading glasses, which impart a slight warming appearance. I try to remember to check the color without the glasses and make necessary corrections, but I probably forgot in this case. The RP looks better without the glasses, but too orange with them. Maybe it's time for another trip to the drug store.
Andreas, I don't recall doing any global shadow recovery. Generally I will do that selectively on the subject, or BG, if at all.
07-24-2022, 02:41 PM
Jonathan Ashton
Nice shot Bill, the foal is pointing it's head pretty much ideally.
07-25-2022, 11:13 AM
Basil Dardagan
Lovely moment/interaction which makes the image imo. I agree that adding the orange improves it