I wanted to save this for Mother's Day but decided to try it in black and white instead. This is a mother Mule Deer and her fawn in Wyoming.
Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS II USM + 1.4x III
Photographed from beanbag on car window in the rain.
Aperture Priority
ISO 1600 | f/5.6 | 1/200s | -1 ev
Post-processing: minor cropping, selective saturation and sharpening, levels and exposure adjustment
I did a square crop because like Morkel's lion image I thought the deer heads formed a triangle and i think it just works better.
For black and white I opened the original .tif file and did a Image Adjustment ; Color Balance until it looked OK. I don't know enough about mid-tones and how to do those but I will try learning it. Ive been really busy with school and sorry I haven't been on here in awhile and now Im up too late!
Sweet moment Ashleigh... I like the crop, I think I would lighten the near side deer's eye just a little. ( ps what do you call a deer with no eyes... I have no idea..). I am still working on my B&W skill so not sure what to suggest here with respect to tones, my guess its a bit flat or all too similar.. lets see what others think.
Hi Ashleigh - A very tender moment. The conversion works and you've got nice detail. I agree with your self-assessment that it could use a bit more variation in the midtones for some more pop. Good sharpness despite a slow ss. I would burn the mother's ear a little because it is the brightest area and draws the eye.
What a wonderful tender moment you have captured here and you gave this image such an appropriate title-great work!
Crop is just perfect, the sharpness is there where it counts - don't you think that by not sharpening too much you are actually emphasising the softness of the moment captured? I love what you did and your thinking behind this image, great advice from Rachel above and my congratulations to you-very original and I love to see you are also contributing to the April Theme!
The throat area of the fawn looks like there was a bit of movement (1/200?) but the head is sharp? Maybe she was swallowing?
Do not know the secret of mid tones yet, burned and dodged with Tony Kuyper's D&B layer to give the highlights and darks more contrast. Did my own lumi layer to lighten eye and muzzles.
A Mother's Love
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