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    Driving along Medicine Lake in Jasper National Park we saw this lamb laying in the middle of the road. Mom was nearby. At first we thought he had been hit and stopped to check on him. He was just taking a nap. Perhaps the warm road felt good to him. Could not resist some quick head shots before the tour buss showed up and it was time to leave.

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    Exceptional details Laurie. Cute pose and excellent eye contact.

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    Hi Laurie - great detail and sharpness. I might consider just slightly burning the whites on the nose/mouth. A little tight at the bottom for my taste, but an image I would be happy to have taken.

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    Rachel,

    I did not crop this. I was laying on the road trying to get this shot with the yellow leaves in the background. Hard for me to get exactly the photo I want when hand holding and nothing to brace myself on. I should have zoomed back a little. I'm not sure why you suggest burning the whites. They were not blown out. I think there is very little detail because I was focused on the eyes and I was close to the minimum focusing distance so did not have enough dof.

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    Hi Laurie - I knew this was full frame. It's often hard to remember to do in the field but one thing that BPN has taught me to try to do is shoot a little wider than I might normally do. I wasn't suggesting the whites were blown but I find that a 3-7% burn on very white whites sometimes helps bring out a bit more detail.

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    Rachel,

    I tried burning at 5% and it did not help so I masked the spot and added more sharpening - that did improve it. Thanks for the help.

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    Hi Laurie, love it, this really has the 'cute' factor and the expression is priceless. I also like that you have kept the bug in too.

    Nice BKG which helps to separate the subject and the tones work well, however... I do feel it's all a bit light/bright. With some blending mode adjustments, a little bit of selective saturation, Curves & a small amount of USM, I think it may resolve the 'burning in' issue and brings the image to life with a bit more depth, but this is just my take. I also can't help but feel I would also like a bit more image below and a little less to the right avoiding the central pose, again, just my take. If you want to see my thoughts let me know if that would help.

    Enjoyed viewing the image.

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    exquisite details here Laurie - nice rich colour too
    Steve has made some excellent suggestions above...I too felt it was a bit tight at the bottom...
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    Steve,

    This was just a fun little shot that I took, processed and forgot. But posting it here has actually improved it a lot in my opinion. I have now tried about 10 versions and I think this is the best and hopefully what you intended -if not please let me know.

    I did find that I had cropped a sliver off of the bottom on the original post so that I could take some off of the left, this time I cropped a sliver from the top - much better I think.

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    Really sweet, Laurie, as nice as a portrait gets.
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    Hi Laurie, it gets so subjective at times and having not seen this little fellow I can only guess on the colour & shading. Where I'm coming from is to reduce the kind of 'brightness' that was in the OP and trying to soften and bring out more subtle detail within the image. This was where I was going, which is very close to your RP which I feel now offers a greater, look & feel, but as I said, it's all subjective.

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    Hi laurie,
    sweet portrait shot, with high cute factor. Like it !!!!

    Steve took the image , where it should be IMHO. But i would tone down the yellows in the BG a fraction, to dominant in my eyes.

    TFS Andreas

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    Steve,

    I like the detail on my second post and on your post much better than the original but this lamb was so much lighter than others that I have seen. The original was processed right after I took it and I think it is closer to what I saw. Thanks for the advise and your post.

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    No worries Laurie, I fully appreciate colours, tones etc vary and you were there!!! It was more about trying to 'tone down' and try to extract a bit more subtle detail.

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