Vervet Portrait

[Rachel Hollander]

Taken back at Kings Camp during the mid-afternoon break. The comp/crop is because she was sitting on the back of a lounge chair by the pool and I wanted to eliminate the hand of man element.

Canon 5D3
300 II
1/400
f5.6
ISO 800
HH, cropped slightly, levels, curves, selective burning and color adjustments, sharpened in CCPS.

C&C welcome and appreciated. Thanks,

Rachel

[Dumay de Boulle]

Great BG and nice detail in the eye's. Good exposure and the colours look pretty much spot on. Nice image Rachel!

[Mark Needham]

Yep, agree with Dumay. Great BG colors, alert pose, great eye contact with catchlight, and sharp with nice details. Thumbs up!

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks Dumay and Mark, much appreciated.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Rachel agree with that what Dumay and Mark said .Very nice detail in the eyes. I personally would go for 5x7 or 4x5 crop and loose most of the RHS , a bit too wide for my taste .

TFS Andreas

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks Andreas, I'll look at the suggested crops.

Thanks again,
Rachel

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Rachel, interesting that when I first saw it I felt there was too much space to the right and that perhaps a 10x 8 would work better, then reading the comments below, I saw Andreas's, might be worth a try. Colour looks good and I like the BKG although the OOF leave by the head is a tad annoying. Personally I might just back off on the % of sharpening on the fur, it's just looking a fraction over for me, varying the brush % does help. Can you do this with the action you use?

TFS
Steve

[Morkel Erasmus]

Lovely soft light and exquisite details - plus of course that schweeeeet 300 2.8 bokeh .
I'm fine with dead space as presented.

[Carl Walker]

Yeah the 300 is an amazing lens. Lovely image Rachel and great detail in the face, especially the eyes.

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks Steve, Morkel and Carl for the comments and suggestions. Steve, yes, I can and do vary the brush and the opacity of the sharpening in places with the actions.

Thanks again,
Rachel

[BenBotha]

Lovely image. I like the space on the R. They look innocent but just give them an inch and they are very, very naughty.
Ben

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks Ben. Yes, they can be and they are not afraid of tourists at all.