Camera Model Canon EOS-1D X
Shooting Mode Manual Exposure
Tv(Shutter Speed) 1/500
Av(Aperture Value) 8.0
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation +1/3
ISO Speed 1000
Auto ISO Speed ON
Lens EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM
Focal Length 400.0mm
Hope you like it - have to confess I have had some problems with colour balance, auto is no where near, daylight I think is close, I have also removed a slight blue cast. I have lifted the darkest areas a little too. Maybe you think this is a bit in between, I have taken some where the bison is more isolated and some as a bison landscape.
Hi Jon, love the protruding tongue front the Bison in the FG, and I fel you have exposed him perfectly. I cant comment on the colour, as Ive never seen them in real life. Im also fine with the OOF Bison in the upper pert of the frame, but wish there was a touch more space on top.
Hi Jon - I like the stance on the river's edge. I also like the inclusion of the other bison in the bg and that none are cut by the image edges. I too would like a little more room above and to the right. You've got nice detail in the main bison but I think you have opened up the blacks and midtones a tad too much. Also there is some blue coming through in the back. Here's a rp giving the blacks and midtones a boost and reducing the blues in the blacks, all selectively applied to the main subject.
Stu - thanks glad you liked it.
Rachel thanks for the repost, your changes are subtle yet quite significant - particularly on the bison's woolly head.
I have attached the original full frame, You will see how I cropped, the reason being that the row of trees tends to draw attention from the subject, I think there is a little too much water at the base also. When cropped I also cloned the bison top left. On reflection maybe I should have just taken a sliver off the base. (I have reprocessed more along the lines you did, I think)
Last edited by Jonathan Ashton; 10-26-2016 at 02:04 AM.
Hi Jonathan -- Cropping the FG is fine , but i would prefer the top portion as it is , those trees in the BKG looks really nice and adds to the scene . Rachel RP has sorted the issue with the colour cast and added the much needed punch .
nice feel to the whole scene .
Hi Jon - I too prefer the comp of the ff shot and don't see a reason to clone out that bison on the back left. It's nice that none intersect the edges or the main subject. I do think you've gone a little too heavy in the blacks now and backing of just a smidge (a very scientific measure) will give you more detail on the head of the main subject. Overall, it's a very nice scene and worth it to keep working it.
Hi John, I think your framing was just a tad too tight, the inclusion of the tree line was the way to go, but I feel it needs a 'visual' CW rotation and so you will be constraining yourself in the final composition. The OP appears to some noise/colour noise in the darks & shadows, so agree, your lifting in these areas appears to aggressive, however that might also be down to your adjustment method. Personally I might have exposed for the Bison and let the habitat be resolved in PP. In that way you are darkening, not lightening which is the 'killer'. I think you got the right DoF, but why not go to ISO2500, almost zero noise and a better capture.
Steve, I exposed for the scene +1/3 which I reckoned would be close enough for the bison, for the very reason you indicated i.e. I would be lowering the lighter parts and have little to do to the darker parts (which in all honesty I did lift a little in CS6).
The ISO just happened to be 1000, I took numerous shots on differing settings, from what I recall I tended to go for f5.6 and varied the shutter speed - I will see if I have something around ISO 2500 and post later.
My biggest problem with all images was the colour temperature.