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    Default Marsh Crocodile - basking in the sun

    Marsh Crocodile,

    Canon EOS 60D
    Canon EF 600mm F4 LIS (handheld)
    F4, 1/8000sec, ISO-400, ev -1

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    Angad Achappa
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    Hi Angad, firstly may I ask, was this taken with Sanjeev? The reason I ask is there looks to be some similarities on the rock?

    Personally I feel the crop isn't quite working, I would like to have seen more space to the left and less to the right. If you have the image area, then moving the whole crop to say half an inch of the elbow of the front leg could work. Nice control of the whites, and I like the open jaw, as the croc tries to cool down. Overall I feel the 'tonal range' looks a little flat and therefore applying some Curves and a % halftone to the subject & foreground (FG) really improves the overall depth & detail, likewise just adding a bit more USM to the croc. You will be amazed at the detail you have in both FG & subject. I may have pushed it a little too much when I looked at the image and applied my comments, but it does work and the image benefits greatly IMHO. You have the information there, it just needs a little more teasing out in post production. At this size f/4 looks OK, but with the shutter speed you had I think you could have afforded to either drop the ISO and or, increased the DOF.
    If it's the old 600 congrats on HH the lens.

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    Hi Angad - my first thought seeing your techs and the image is that I would have stopped down a bit for a greater dof as you had the ss. I also would have tried to get slightly lower (not always possible) so as to have the open mouth clear of the rock (just the green bg visible on the other side of the open mouth). As always, Steve had made excellent pp suggestions.

    TFS,
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Kaluski View Post
    Hi Angad, firstly may I ask, was this taken with Sanjeev? The reason I ask is there looks to be some similarities on the rock?

    Personally I feel the crop isn't quite working, I would like to have seen more space to the left and less to the right. If you have the image area, then moving the whole crop to say half an inch of the elbow of the front leg could work. Nice control of the whites, and I like the open jaw, as the croc tries to cool down. Overall I feel the 'tonal range' looks a little flat and therefore applying some Curves and a % halftone to the subject & foreground (FG) really improves the overall depth & detail, likewise just adding a bit more USM to the croc. You will be amazed at the detail you have in both FG & subject. I may have pushed it a little too much when I looked at the image and applied my comments, but it does work and the image benefits greatly IMHO. You have the information there, it just needs a little more teasing out in post production. At this size f/4 looks OK, but with the shutter speed you had I think you could have afforded to either drop the ISO and or, increased the DOF.
    If it's the old 600 congrats on HH the lens.

    TFS
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    Thanks for the inputs Steve, nope i dont have more space, its a full frame, and I dont know if Sanjeev and I were out there on the same day, in our boat, it was only a friend of mine and I. Agree on the flat light, this was almost at 1 PM. Will rework a little on the image a post. I was actually shooting a few BIF in some shady area when I happened to see this guy, didnt want to waste time incase he decided to shut his mouth like the last time i had gone there. :D

    Yes that is the old 600

    Quote Originally Posted by Rachel Hollander View Post
    Hi Angad - my first thought seeing your techs and the image is that I would have stopped down a bit for a greater dof as you had the ss. I also would have tried to get slightly lower (not always possible) so as to have the open mouth clear of the rock (just the green bg visible on the other side of the open mouth). As always, Steve had made excellent pp suggestions.

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    Rachel
    Getting lower was not an option, that was the max. :(

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    That's fine Angad, it's the guano on the rock that made me think that.

    Look forward to the RP.

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    Some good points raised here already, Angad. Waiting for that repost to comment further...
    Would have loved a better head angle towards us, though.
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    Here is the re post, added some contrast and played a little with the curves & saturation.

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