Considering Possibilities

[Andre Pretorius]

Image captured at Kij Kij waterhole in KTP.
6PM in sweet light, but still very bright.

Nikon D3S with 600F4
1/2000 @ f5,6
ISO 400
Centre-weighted metering, 0EV

[Neil Burton]

Sweet shot too, one I never managed. No nits from me, it has everything where it should be.

[Marc Mol]

Sweet light is right Andre, love the intent in the pose here as well, and the BG's not too shabby either!

[Nancy Bell]

Great! Interesting pose with the head dipped down, eyes looking up and all that nice light and details captured on the face. Front paw lifted adds good tension.

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Andre - I like this one a lot, As the others said, very nice light and pov. The placement in frame works well and techs look great. Nice one.

TFS,
Rachel

[Steve Kaluski]

Andre, it ALL just works, great work.

TFS
Steve

[Morkel Erasmus]

Yep, one of the best BBJ portraits I've seen in a looong time.

[Andre Pretorius]

THANK YOU everyone! I have tried to PS this good to begin with image without a halo, lifted the blues in shadows, dogged and burned with soft light, ever so slightly. Cleaned up BG of any distracting elements.
Selectively sharpened with different % brush strokes on different areas, preview again and again to check for sharpness- only then convert and save for web.

All the input and advice for the last couple of months have really made me see the light! (I think?)


Thanks again

Andre

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Andre, this gorgeous in all terms .
The light, the pose , the crop or comp, the colors , the tones and last but not least the sharpness. I think your PP work has paid off. Good job , all in all.
What light did you see ? we will see how strong the light was with the next post , LOL.
Any PPW ?

Very nice work, TFS Andreas