Portrait of a Predator
Decided to go for a tight crop to avoid the red meat of a fresh wildebeest kill. Removed a bit of meat at the lower right corner and a few strands of grass on the lower left corner.
1DX
500f4 II + 1.4X III
1/1600
f5.6
ISo-400
Beanbag
Minimal PP. Selective brightened the eyes with Curves. Selective UMS on the lion at 50/0.3.0, eye at 120/0.3/0.
Appreciate your comments.
Thank you
Loi
Hi Loi
A very good portrait. Cleaning it up a bit I think was the way to go. I think you could do with a little more clarity, sharpness and saturation. i would like to see more color in her eyes and her tongue. Please compare with the recent lion portrait thread "The possibility of a long life" by Gabriela Plesea.
TFS / Gregor
Hi Loi - a nice, clean portrait with the flies and bit of blood adding to it. Good detail and a creamy bg. I think you may have lightened the eyes a bit too much given that she is in the shade. I would also apply another round of sharpening to the face.
TFS,
Rachel
lovely portrait. the squarish crop suits the image. details & exp are excellent.
particularly like all the flies & the hint of blood.
Hi Loi, nice portrait and you have the detail, clarity and sharpness in there. I might just tweak the white slider in Levels to around 235 before things blow. Your call, but moving the crop a fraction to the right so you have the same space on the LHS as above I think may help.
Nice portrait, well done. Seems the PP is moving along nicely.
TFS
Steve
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.
I'm glad you like this portrait.
Rachel, You wer right about the eyes were too bright. I thought about it after brightening it. Here in the RP, I darkened it a wee bit.
Gregor, for this series of lion photos with a yellow BG, I feel adding saturation pushes the images over the edge. As for sharpening, I have tried UMS from 30 (amount) to 120. I feel that at the 900X900 pixels and 400K, the lion looks over sharpened at 80 - 120. Fort a full resolution, of course, I'd add more sharpening.
Steve, the comp was out of my laziness. I recognized moveign the crop to make the same space between the LHS and the top would be good, but that mean I need to remove more of the wildebeest chunk of meat at the RHS corner, but you don't miss anything, do you? Here is a RP with a slightly more balance. Moving Levels to 235 makes it a bit brighter, more attractive image. Thank you!
Loi
Small changes, and I think it improved quite a bit. Well done.
You're cracking the PP nute, Loi! Last repost takes it for me.
Nice detail and clarity.
Looks good - the lightening touches give it much more life and appeal.
Ed
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