Photographed just outside the backdoor. I think the fox has many young mouths to feed and is becoming very bold around the house, in spite of the dog. Our bird feeders accidently support a good population of chipmunks, ground squirrels and mice that make it a smorgasbord for the fox!
Canon 1DX, Canon 200-400 f4 L IS EXT @ 406mm, 1/250, f7.1, exp. comp. -1/3, ISO 800. Should have increased the ss in hindsight.
Good one Nancy Nice dark legson this one. Like the tree on the right but not sure about the oof left upright. Is it a crop or could you get a bit more space and even a portrait. Whatever - still an appealing shot
John
Hi Nancy - nice eye contact. The color seems off to me with heavy cyan and blue casts and to a lesser extent green. It's particularly evident in the whites and also on the rock. If it were mine I would bring the right hand slider in levels in until just before the whites clip (250 or so) and would open up the midtones a bit too. I might also back off on the sharpening on the nose. It's an image worth reworking.
very nice image of the fox. I as well see the cyan and blue which Rachel mentioned. For sure it is worth to get rid of the color casts.
Wish such animals would stop by at our house.
Hi Nancy, I totally agree on Rachel's observations, the colour has drifted on this one, perhaps it's time to calibrate the monitor which should be done every 4-6 weeks, as they do drift and colour profiling etc is always the key factor in digital.
The 'sapling' on the LHS is an issue, likewise the green foliage, albeit OOF, but not as bad and does bring some 'habitat' into the image. Adjusting certainly the Cyan & Blue, pulling back the Contrast and trying to balance the overall image does to some degree work and so if you have the time I would suggest revisiting the RAW. The crop is not ideal, but I feel it may address the various points raised.
Nancy, with that kit I'm surprised about any colour issues, also was this HH?
TFS
Steve
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.
Hi Nancy , i like the head on shot and the stare of the fox , what was he thinking ?
I quite like the foliage in front on RHS breaks in a good way the image , at least for me.
Color issues already covered and addressed by Steve ,
Thanks all for the feedback. I was totally amazed at the color cast when I saw how this posted. I actually saw the shift when I resized for the web but did not expect it to be so strong. I guess a recalibration is certainly in order. Yes, handheld as I raced to get a picture before he took off.
Hi Nancy, from your description regarding colour shift, can I ask:
- Did you by error after resizing & sharpening, go to Assign Profile instead of Convert to Profile? Although the OP image clearly has an sRGB profile
Calibrating may still be worth doing, but as I mention, this needs to be done on a regular basis, leaving it for more than two months will ensure your hard work is not going to be 100% and normally the calibrating software will alert you when X number of hours have passed on your monitor.
Cheers
Steve
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.
Steve, I have a NEC PA271W monitor with something called "multiprofiler". This has lots of options but it all really confuses me . I ran a simple wizard that is provided. Would love to understand all that other stuff but the more I read the less I know.
...and I would swop my Kingfishers any day for a Red Fox!
Steve's RP a great improvement in terms of colour casts but I still love this image and the "what's that lovely smell coming from your kitchen" look on the subject's face! Well framed and presented, enjoyed viewing!