Two Alpine Marmots

[Markus Jais]

Alpine Marmots, Nationalpark Hohe Tauern, Austria.


EOS 1DX, EF 4/200-400L IS 1.4x, handheld, 560mm
ISO 400, f6.3, 1/640


I almost left an hour before this shot but said to myself "No, put in some more work, maybe it will pay off". Good idea.


For a brief moment those two showed up behind this little rock and stayed there for a few seconds.


Markus

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Markus - once again your patience paid off. Great pose from both of them. I love that they are looking in opposite directions. Comp works well and excellent creamy bg. Nice detail too. Only thing for me would be a little more sharpening on the heads. Well done.

TFS,
Rachel

[hennieloots]

Hi Markus - Great pose and good pay off for your patience. I like the smooth background and color that compliments your subjects well.
Regards
Hennie

[Steve Canuel]

Excellent composition and IQ Markus. The four visible paws and opposing head turns really balance it out well.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Very nice image Maekus! I like the composition a lot and BG.

[dankearl]

This has postcard written all over it.
Very nice, great funny pose's and nice color.
The Marmots still seem to have a bit of a bluish caste, but it could be a regional
difference.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Markus nice portrait of these cute marmots with a great clean BG. all in all a bit flat in tones and contrast, maybe you wanted to achieve that look.

Took the liberty to make an RP with some tweaks, a big help would be already to push the right slider in levels to 220 !!!!

TFS Andreas

[Brendon Cremer]

Lovely image here Markus, Andreas has pretty much summed it up for me, he offers some great advice and his RP is fantastic.

[Carl Walker]

Nice image Markus. Love the crop and posture of both. blends in really well with the background.

[Morkel Erasmus]

Nice double-up pose here. Andreas' repost has nailed it.

[Anette Mossbacher]

Hi Markus, well done with those little chaps. All has been said already above. Andreas RP looks great

Have a great day

Ciao
Anette