Image captured at Cubitje Quap waterhole in Kalahari. We were waiting for the Bateleurs to descend, it was hot, very hot!
Everyone wanted to drink.
The three rams came out of the dry riverbed and crested to scan the area for predators before proceeding to quench their thirst.
I pushed the exposure(+1EV) to get histogram almost to the right, trying to get detail in the darks, the scene was very bright.
Did reduce exposure on FG, maybe too much?
The BG behind them was interesting, but didn't want detail.
Hope this fits in with the Theme, if not, Mods please remove prefix.
Techs:
Nikon D3S with 500f4
1/2000 @ f5
ISO 400
The name Cubitje Quap is an alteration from the original San name, meaning "stony flats of the anteaters"
Hi Andre - I agree with Dale. You handled the stronger light well. It's great that all 3 cooperated and are looking at you. I'm fine with the fg too. Nice one.
Hi Andre i like the overall scene with the bokkies waiting on the ridge for clean air .
Very realistic KTP colors for my eyes . Good overall tones and contrast , but would go brighter and more contrasty , just because you described the situation of shooting . If you leave it this way i might try to coax some more detail out of the FG sand.
Very nice overall comp with the further dunes as a nice backdrop .
Buthi tell me what you have done to the BG , have you just lower the contrast or have somehow softened the BG with a blur tool ?
A fine job all around ,reminds to to go back as soon as possible .
Thank you all for the comments!
Andreas, did use an action to soften BG by decreasing detail, no blurring tool. Increased sat on blues in the sky.
Did not want too much detail on FG, might detract from Bokkies?
Andre but how does this action decrease detail ? I just think it does look kind of artificial , but this could just be me , so no big deal .
I think a tiny bit of detail if FG will not detract from the subjects ,again maybe just me .