Camera Model Canon EOS-1D X
Shooting Mode Manual Exposure
Tv(Shutter Speed) 1/2000
Av(Aperture Value) 7.1
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation +1
ISO Speed 4000
Auto ISO Speed ON
Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x III
I tried several version using ACR DPP and with/without Nik filters. This one is with DPP 4 followed by the 50% recipe with and opacity of about 30%, so that it had a minimal effect on the file, I felt it lifted it just a tiny bit.
All C&C welcome
The subject stands well from the BG- DOF well applied.
Good detail in darks and whites.
Dew on grass and hare adds.
2000th froze the action well.
Maybe a tad more in front for that fast hare to run into...
Hi Jon, I like the environment with the wet dew on the ground, adds to the scene.
Personally I feel a bit lower, there is just that fraction of being a tad high IMHO, even with some FG coming into view, hard to explain, but I think you know what I mean. In addition the image I feel needs a bit more Tonal range for more depth, loosing a bit more of the top also helps and reduces some of the dead space above.
I like the hares Jon, cannot get even close to any that have not been shot!
Hi Jonathan -- Loving this Brown Hare series , another lovely image , nice settings. Colours and techs look good to me . I feel the face needs a bit more sharpening .
It's a funny old world, the initial conversion and process I did looked like Steve's, I liked it but decided whilst it looked very clear and precise the hare wasn't quite to contrasting in appearance in real life. It will be interesting to see how future comments develop.
Jon your last comment is interesting and I like you look forward to other comments on this nice Hare of yours." appearance in real life" This is the bit that I find frustrating having spent lots of time with Hares even holding them in my hand and seeing the different shades and colour IE the ones on sandy land are nearly always a lot lighter than those on heavy land.Think the best we can do is to make them appear as near to how we see them as possible.
Jon, all we can do is present our images to the best of our knowledge, recollection or ultimately, how we wish them to be viewed including the choice of Medium i.e. colour/B/W.
As soon as you open it out into the outside world, everyone will see and have a comment and as a Forum, you then have to decide what to take on board or discard, based on the feedback/observations. Obviously there are images that fundamentally have issues full stop and they need to be addressed, but I think the majority are purely honing and adding - to moving the image on in the right direction and or in relation to the techs for the next encounter.
There is also a judgement call too perhaps, how close do we try and portray things, or do we need to enhance things to create a bit of an edge to the image. Personally I think very few images are spot on (too many variables) but the majority are close to the encounter, however, we are relying on a small black box to try and capture that moment and our brain to what we saw. This in some way goes to what I said to you, RAW images should be as flat as a pancake, if they are bright & vivid then something is wrong.
This obviously is a topic that constantly comes up and should really be in the Discussion forum, not wishing to take things off topic, but it seems as if you posed a question????
Very late to this so my apologies, just wanted to say this is one special image of this little chap - I love the way you captured him, both front feet off the ground:)
Great techs, therefore some nice IQ and the sharpness is spot-on, I do like Steve's RP with a tad more punch and that lovely 3D effect.
Hope to see more from you in this forum, thank you so much for sharing!