Mountain Goat
Photographed last summer at Mt. Evans, west of Denver and famous for very accessible Mt. Goats. I make a trip to this fabulous place every year for the goats and marmots. It can be bitter cold with howling winds but always worth it.
Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 70-200 f2.8 L IS @ 125 mm, 1/1000, f8, ISO 800, +1 exposure compensation.
Comments & critiques most appreciated.
Very nice portrait here Nancy showing good detail and exposure work,
I'm seeing a slight halo (on my cal retina monitor) around the image more evident around the horns & ears, an easy fix of course.
Marc, I now see the halo. What is the easy fix? Any ideas what caused the halo?
Hi Nancy - I also see the halo. Did you use shadows and highlights at all? Sometimes that can cause a halo. Sometimes it can be selective adjustments to tone or exp. Probably a host of other things too. It doesn't look like a sharpening halo.
I think you can still bring out more detail by taming the highlights on the body a bit. The bg has a slight greyish/blue tint, I would actually try going high key with it. The image does make it feel like it was cold blustery day.
TFS,
Rachel
Halo Nancy,
I did not see the halo until Marc and Rachel pointed it out... I just love the POV here, great detail, nice framing of the subject and I agree with Rachel above on going high key with the BG, I would love to see an RP with that "frosty" look, if possible
Warmest regards,
Gabriela Plesea
Agreed you could pull up the exposure more to brighten the BG, avoid the halo which looks like a shadow type masking halo. But bags of detail and maybe I would be tempted to spend a little time on a mono version, there is plenty of scope and texture to give it a nice gritty feel.
Hi Nancy, this illustrates my point about IQ from the previous body/lens, this now looks really good. I'm glad you have some tone in the BKG otherwise it might be to hi key/stark, well for my tastes. A slight head turn would be good as I get the impression the subject is slightly angled away from you and certainly not parallel. I like the minimal colour palette too. Techs look good.
TFS
Steve
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.
I think Rachel has answered the question on the causes & effects of halo's.Originally Posted by Nancy Bell
For me, I find that using the feather tool in layer mask when making adjustments eliminates most of the halo issues, others may have different solutions.
Thank you all for the good suggestions and comments. I'll give this some tweaking.
Steve, I have always loved the sharpness of my 70-200 lens and it seems to be a good fit with the Canon 5D Mark III. Would love to have a larger lens with equal sharpness.
Nancy, the 70-200 is a great lens and perfect for a lot of photographic work, Avian, Wildlife & Landscapes, however having a longer lens may give you the reach, the weight maybe a drawback, especially when scaling these locations.Steve, I have always loved the sharpness of my 70-200 lens and it seems to be a good fit with the Canon 5D Mark III. Would love to have a larger lens with equal sharpness.
At present I have a wager with someone over mainly using the 70-200 & 200-400 later this year and that the 500 will be redundant, I will let you know the outcome.
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.
Nancy - I'm enjoying having the 70-200 II and the 300 II. The 300 II is light enough that I can handhold it all day or use it with a monopod if I want. It takes the tcs really well too and is a lot lighter than the other superteles.
Rachel
Might have some of that money as well, I had the Nikon 200-400 and sold it for the 500VR quite a few years ago now and have never regretted it, getting over the loss of zoom versality was soon placated by the newAt present I have a wager with someone over mainly using the 70-200 & 200-400 later this year and that the 500 will be redundant, I will let you know the outcome.
and fab 80-400AF-S. (Canon needs to replace their aging 100-400 dust sucker soon.)
Cool high key portrait here Nancy...
Besides the halo I think I see some CA fringing around the horns?
Some good suggestions already given which I won't rehash.
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