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Story Sequences Moderator and Wildlife Moderator
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Cracking shot of this fine beast Gabriela. It's often hard to get the dappled light shots right, but here, the eyes are perfectly clear and make a vital difference to the finished product.
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Lovely image, Gabriela; those eyes of his really do pop and you timed it just right to avoid shadows across the eyes. Nicely done.
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Story Sequences Moderator and Wildlife Moderator
Dear Andreas,
I think I understand your perspective, and having seen your lovely RP in your email (thank you) I do agree there's always more one can do to one's images.
Forgive my ignorance, but not sure what you mean about the gap in the histogram when it comes to this particular image.
I certainly can add more "pop" here if you like, but I feel that the image is close to what I have seen at the time. No golden light, almost 8 am and the light not so sweet anymore. I can warm it up but in the shade things tend to be rather cool. I could be mistaken though, I stand to be corrected.
The other lion...you mean the lioness? She is there, lying in the sun. She is tough, resilient, stubborn. Like me
Nite nite Andreas, I must go pack for the Kalahari...the lions are waiting...
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Good morning Gabriela it is your image and your view , all good .No need for adding things that you do not like or you do not remember
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At least i think you should use the whole possible tonal range an image can give you , in this case when you watch the histogram there is a gap from the first tones to the RHS of the histogram .I think you need to fill that gap to get full tonal potential , just by adding a levels layer set to blend mode of luminosity and hit the AUTO button (clipping set to 0) , if your blacks will choke up , just add a channel to the layer mask at 20 % opacity and you safe the blacks .
Hope that helps , nice rainy sunday ? (like here)
Cheers and greetings to K 1
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Story Sequences Moderator and Wildlife Moderator
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Hi Gabriela - I really like the image design with the "umbrella" at the top and the trunk along the right edge. I can imagine this powerful beast thinking that the tree is cover as he peers around it at potential prey at the waterhole, not realizing that it gives him little cover and everyone is well aware of his presence.
You handled the dappled light extremely well and the detail is great. Sharpening looks good too. It would be interesting to see another version with Andreas' suggested tweak.
TFS,
Rachel
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I agree with all that it is a super image and well timed too. Am also keen to see this Andreas tweak to see what a difference it makes
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Gabriela, this is a fine image. Awesome detail, love the setting and that gaze of the lion. Lovely colours and framing.
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Story Sequences Moderator and Wildlife Moderator
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hi Gabriela , worth a try ? I think so .
Now you have the brilliance ......... it just needs some slight more tone /depth in the 1/4 and 1/2 tones without effecting the colors and without loosing the brightness , keep the tones separated .
Good night for today , Andreas
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Wildlife Moderator
Hi gabriela, a nice sighting, cool framing. Fo me it's a combination of the two, using the majority of the RP.
Just remember, if your graph/histogram falls short on the axis, i.e. it does not quite meet the ends fully, yes you may need to pull them in, but you need to find where they start to clip, it's not just pull the sliders too meet the histogram, especially the black otherwise you will be in trouble. Nice job on the cloning on both sticks.
TFS
Steve
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Forum Participant
I like the OP more. The whites on the chin in the RP is washed out. I like the slightly more warmer colours of the OP. The brighter tree trunk also a bit distracting.
Ben
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Lovely shot - like them both, the composition is what holds my interest.
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