Big Horn Sheep in Jasper

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi and hello, you are all lazy…….. me not.
So i throw in another frame , too many heads at the moment .

Took this image of the downhill running lamb close to the town of Jasper, came a bit late because most of the herd was already at the base of that hill.So i quickly grabbed the cam and fired a couple of shots.

Canon EOS 1Dx
EF 100-400 IS L at 220 mm
HH
F 8 ; Iso 800 ; 1/1250 sec

Processed in Photo Ninja and PS CC ; used again as in another frame i posted here ( think it was my last IOTW) the LAB color move .The colors were so boring in the rocks all the same tonality and hue, so i decided to bring some color life into them, WDYT?

Cropped for comp , cut off from LHS and RHS to get a more or less diagonal line where the subject enter and leave the frame.

Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts. Cheers Andreas

[Gabriela Plesea]

I am not lazy, I am still up and looking at your pics

And this is such a lovely image Andreas, very sharp and great detail, love your subject's alert look, love the colours and textures, crop is perfect, brilliant work!!!

Warmest regards,

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Andreas - I like it but it is a little contrasty for me (but you knew I would say that). Nice sharpness and action. If it were mine I would open up the midtones a little. I keep looking and wondering if is needs some ccw rotation. I feel like the shale/slate layers should be straighter. I could be wrong scientifically but it's just a perception thing.

TFS,
Rachel

[Don Railton]

Hi Abdreas

I like the diagonal comp and the fact that you have caught the front feet in the air. This adds a little drama to me as the sheep is obviously running down a very steep cliff, as only they can. I like all the detail in the rocks, but I too think they are a bit contrasty, stealing the eye a little.. I'm ok with the rotation..

regards

DON

[Andreas Liedmann]

THanks to Rachel;Gabriela and Don.
Appreciate all your comments and thoughts.
Rachel and Don thought about the overall contrast and mid tone , i tweaked it a bit , i like it a wee better than OP , as OP was a bit dark overall for a sunny afternoon.Thanks for pointing this out.
Re ccw rotation - i do not see a reason for a rotation Rachel , just a perception thing .So i leave it.

Cheers Andreas

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Andreas, I like this a lot!

Try flipping it left to right and add a basic mid tone layer to the subject.

TFS
Steve

[Andreas Liedmann]

Thanks Steve,
actually i , as you know, i never flip my images . I do see never a point to do so……………….
But i did it just for you and others.
I still do not see a reason . It is just other way round………….. nothing else , at least for me.
Maybe you can tell me , your reason why this look better ………… but please do not say , you just like it more….. then i am kind of disappointed.LOL.

Cheers Andreas

[Andre Pretorius]

Hi Andreas

Techs are spot on, the blurred front feet shows fast movement.

The rock face is just too busy for me, makes me dizzy..

[Andreas Liedmann]

Thanks Andre,
nothing i can do about the rocks .

Cheers Andreas

[Steve Kaluski]

I still do not see a reason

To me it 'sits' better overall, and more pleasing to the eye coming in from the right, plus it's an old advertising habit I have, about items coming in from the right. RH pages of a magazine also used to command more money, think about it, how do you flick through a magazine and if you stop, why? is it the headline or an interesting image?

[Andreas Liedmann]

Will try, maybe it is going on under the hood ………..
Read about sales strategies in Supermarkets ,placing all the expensive stuff on the right side shelfs ? Is that true ?

Cheers Andreas

[Steve Kaluski]

Who knows, I never got involved with Retail, although we did work for M&S for a while , eer I think we are now going 'off topic'.

[Steve Canuel]

Fun to watch how effortlessly they navigate their way on these cliff faces isn't it. You captured that well with this one. I saw you didn't want to rotate this one but I think if you leveled it using the grayish band of rocks above and in front of the sheep as a reference, you would still retain the feel of the animal coming down the steep cliff face and maybe remove the initial reaction of the viewer to straighten it out. A slight touch of blurring or contrast reduction on the BG rocks also helps for me.