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    A buck Eastern Grey Kangaroo taking in the scenery in the early morning. 5D3 100-400 @ 400 1/250 f6.3 iso200

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    Hi Colin - These sort of pensive images with the animal facing away are not everyone's cup of tea but I think it works in this instance. Your image did not have an embedded color profile. Check out the sticky at the top of the forum about saving for web to ensure optimal settings. I thought the image could use a little more pop so applied a linear contrast curves layer and then burned the fg grasses at 5%. Finally, I applied another round of USM selectively to the roo's head and chest area. This is all a matter of personal taste. Also not having familiarity with the different species of roos I don't know if the reds are too strong here. BTW I have both the 5D3 and the 100-400 and if I was using that combo in the field I probably would have upped my ISO to at least 400 (or maybe 800) to get a faster ss. Good choice on aperture as I find the sweet spot of the 100-400 to be at f6.3 or 7.1.

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    Hi Colin, the DOF looks spot on to me, giving a nice depth to the location/vegetation, but because the SS wasn't quite high enough I'm not sure about the sharpness/clarity of the subject. Even with the additional sharpening Rachel applied, perhaps if you add more to your original you may be able to get a sharper look? Personal taste, but the subject looking away doesn't quite work for me, but it's the lack of space below that is the issue I think. If the subject was smaller in frame, with more below then i can see it working better, it's the 'virtual' body that I'm missing. Therefore if this is a crop then going smaller may address things nicely?

    Finally, taking a different tac from Rachel, although a combo may also work, but if you apply a Levels adjustment say 5, 1.00, 230 then apply a Luminosity layer set to around 40% and apply that to the Roo, it might help with the 'pop' factor? Then just ensure you save with the correct Colour Profile, it's again probably a box that is unchecked.

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    Thanks for the comments and tips. Clearly I didn't do the 'roo justice with my ham-fisted preparation of the web image; will do better next time

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    Hi Colin,

    lovely image you have done of the Kangaroo, sadly facing away, oh well. The color of the Kangaroo is quite as I have them in my memory. Love the grass around. The rest covert already Steve & Rachel :))

    Ciao

    Anette

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    There's a nice mood to this image, and the RP works well. Love those tall grasses
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    I like images with the subject looking into the distance for a change so I like this one. Repost works nicely and don't get frustrated with your post processing. So much to learn from everyone here on BPN

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    I like the comp/story here very much, Colin. SS could have been higher but I also like the wind-blurred grasses .
    Some good points raised above nonetheless.
    Would love to see more of this guy?
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