Results 1 to 7 of 7

Thread: Just chewing the cud

  1. #1
    Forum Participant
    Join Date
    Aug 2013
    Location
    South Africa
    Posts
    637
    Threads
    78
    Thank You Posts

    Default Just chewing the cud

    Attached Images Attached Images
     
    Posted this elsewhere and never received any real feedback on it. I quite like the portrait but I guess it be good to get some comments from you all to see whether this is worth pursuing.

    7D - Canon 300mm f2,8 L IS USM MKii - plus 2 x extender
    ISO 640 - 1/400 SEC - F8 - AP HH
    PP work in PS CC 2014 - cloned a young OOF calf in LRC - Dodge and Burn - levels and curves - HSL - sum on save for web

  2. #2
    Lifetime Member Rachel Hollander's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2010
    Location
    NYC
    Posts
    14,320
    Threads
    929
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    Attached Images Attached Images
     
    Hi Carl - nice sharpness and detail and I like the bg. Nice job on the cloning. It felt a little flat to me though so I took it into PS, gave it a boost in curves, adding 2 points of black to the blacks and neutrals in selective colors and burned the horns at 3%. I also thought the reds were a little strong so dropped them by -10. These are all easy fixes. The one other thing that bothers me is that it feels like the buffalo is a little past you even though it's in profile. I think you needed a slight head turn towards you to really take this up another notch.

    TFS,
    Rachel

  3. #3
    BPN Member
    Join Date
    Aug 2013
    Location
    Northern New Jersey - USA
    Posts
    267
    Threads
    29
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    I agree with Rachel. A little head turn would of helped here.

  4. #4
    BPN Member Douglas Bolt's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Location
    Beltsville, MD USA
    Posts
    567
    Threads
    114
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    A B&W image with Sepia tone jumped out at me. Nice portrait as is too.
    Douglas Bolt
    DougBoltPhotography.com

  5. #5
    Forum Participant
    Join Date
    Jan 2013
    Location
    Thousand Oaks, California, United States
    Posts
    3,023
    Threads
    416
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    Nice and sharp, good BG. I too felt the image a little flat, but that was corrected with Rachel's version. The lack of eye contact is an issue for me as this is a close up portrait. Loi


    Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

  6. #6
    BPN Member Andreas Liedmann's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2010
    Location
    Dortmund / Germany
    Posts
    10,906
    Threads
    1,196
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    Hi Carl ,
    quite nice from technical POV with the ever so often criticized 7D .Nice detail/sharpness and i do not mind about the slight head turn.
    Rachel covered the tonal aspect with her RP , i would go further by dropping the exp even more by -1/3 stop plus i would give the HL a bit depth .
    Very pleasing BKG.

    TFS Andreas

  7. #7
    BPN Viewer Steve Canuel's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Posts
    5,444
    Threads
    444
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    Rachel's darker repost addressed my thoughts. Also thought the edge of the top of the horns was a touch too sharp, giving a "pasted in" appearance but probably just me on that one. I enjoy seeing pictures of these animals.

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
Web Analytics