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    Couldn't resist the chance to post one this to complete the trifecta posting of animals I actually get to photograph. Dale covered the plains, Dan got the forests, so I figured I'd cover the mountain peaks . 5DMKII, 1-400L, f6.3, 1/4000s, ISO 400, HH, cropped a touch all around.
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    Nice portrait of a fine species Steve but the BG and FG IQ looks a bit water colour like??

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    Thanks for the comment Jamie. I see what you're saying (more so in the BG rocks than the FG). Perhaps a touch too much NR but the BG rocks are not too far off from SOOC. They're further away than what it appears and it seems to me that the 5DMKII really does blur out BG detail, especially when compared to my 7D.

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    Hi Steve, great call on the post, good to see the bases being covered.

    Looks like you & Jamie have covered one of the main points I saw, also similar to the last posting I would bring the RH slider in on Levels to around 225, just gives it that 'pop' and the whites look cleaner. In doing so I notice a small halo on the right horn on the outside curve as viewed. Nicely composed, but personally I might shave a little off the top. I get the impression as presented it was taken towards late evening in warm light? Would love to photograph these one day.

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    Lovely light and setting, Steve!
    I also see the halo Steve's pointed out.
    Would definitely look at adding the slight tweak to make it pop.
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    A lovely image Steve. I like the POV (looking up slightly) as goats are frequently up high when I see them. I also see the halo on the right horn.
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    Thanks for the comments and suggestions folks. I'm okay with the FG/BG (though I may try to put a little more contrast back in) but I can't really see the halo everyone else can (I am overdue for an eye exam). Looking at the original, the horns are somewhat irregular shaped as they taper up to the point, maybe that's contributing?

    Steve,
    You are correct on the time. Taken around 7:20 pm during a late June day.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Canuel View Post
    Thanks for the comment Jamie. I see what you're saying (more so in the BG rocks than the FG). Perhaps a touch too much NR but the BG rocks are not too far off from SOOC. They're further away than what it appears and it seems to me that the 5DMKII really does blur out BG detail, especially when compared to my 7D.
    Glad I could offer some constructive comments Steve. The bottom right rocks in the FG just look a little smudgy to my eyes. Might have been a result of NR.

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    Saved image then put it into Photoshop and enlarged it by 500%. Here is monitor screen shot of the horns.
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    I know, the lighter pixels around the horns are only 1-2 pixels wide. But when such pixels are between two darker objects, horn and sky, they can be seen (halo) - if you look for them. I doubt if it would show on a print??
    But tough crowd here BPN
    The halo fix is easy, the clone tool set for "darken", sample sky and run clone over halo
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    ps - if you look real close on above you can see a slight halo on the ear, left corner. This is much harder to see because the back ground fur is also light.
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    Steve - nice pose and warm light. Good comments and suggestions above.

    TFS,
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    Hi Steve,
    besides the "bad " comments and suggestions above in which i agree, i like the shot for the content , composition and the colors. Nicely done

    TFS Andreas

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    Amazing creature, great textures and even better light. I like the portrait crop and comp...Nicely done Steve!

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    Tom,
    Thanks for the zoomed crop and the tip on fixing it. Can't say I'd ever zoom in at 500% on one of my photos but I have a better idea on what everyone was seeing. Based on your post, I did go back and look at my unsharpened, converted TIFF (before cropping and websizing) to check on the hard, straight line to see what it was. Here's a 100% view of the horns for those interested.

    Rachel, Andreas, and Dumay,
    Thanks for the look and comments.

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    Steve- certainly no halo on your horns TIFF at 100%.
    I've seen a lot of halos and I believe, not sure, they all caused by sharpening. (This is not the same as CA (chromatic abberation) which can be severe with "cheap" lenses/cameras).
    I don't see where you mention sharpening on your OP, but I'd bet you did. As a test you might take the TIFF, do not do any processing, just resize it for BPN and see if that halo goes away. Bet it does.
    Over on another thread here BPN, a practice exercise, I put up my re-work and my sharpening required a lot clone halo removal around the birds wings.
    http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...lex-background
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    Hi Steve, personally I think it is down to sharpening and the mask applied, but no big deal, I only noticed it when I adjusted the levels and things could be compounded by the compression & size.

    (This is not the same as CA (chromatic abberation) which can be severe with "cheap" lenses/cameras).
    Wrong Tom, this can happen with any gear, it's the shooting conditions that tend to cause this ie backlit and easily corrected in RAW.
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    Hi Steve, love the soft late light, which in turn has exposed the coat on this fellow nicely. Good choice of comp, and Im fine with the distant BG as is.

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