Snapping Turtle
Portrait of a snapper. This snapper was just hanging out on the bank of the inlet one morning. It was just like a statue. It was also a smaller snapper. I would not try to get 20 inches from one of the bigger ones i have seen.
Camera on sticks triggered with remote. Manual focus with live view.
Full Frame.
Canon 5D MarkIII
Canon 180mm 3.5L USM Macro
ISO 100
f/11
0.3sec
Last edited by John Mack; 01-03-2018 at 05:24 PM.
Hi John - Wow, I think this is one of the best images you've posted. Love all the detail and textures that come through. Some of the blacks are a little heavy. I'm not so concerned about the ones under the chin but would take a look at the ones in the eye area. Is this ff? I might prefer a little more room to the left but not a deal breaker. This would have been a good image for last month's theme. Nice one.
TFS,
Rachel
Thank your Rachel, It is full frame.
Hi John, a very nice head shot and close up of the snapper. That eye is amazing and the textures and detail excellent. TFS.
Super shot, good and sharp. Did you try any slightly further away and also any landscape to get a tad more DOF?
Thank you Jonathan. Yes i did shot this from several different angles and compositions from portrait to landscape.Originally Posted by Jonathan Ashton
I think I would speak for others too if I say I would like to see some!!
A cool shot John, with some nice detail, however this is where you have to think about coupling with PSCC 2018 as LR can only do so much. You can then get more form and detail from key areas to create depth to the subject. Not sure if more DoF would have helped, but you choice of ISO was way off I feel, creating such a slow SS, interesting no one else picked up on this? I like the tight crop, but a sliver off the top for me.
TFS
Steve
Hi John well this a great portrait of this species .
I do like the tightness of the frame .Good to see all the fine lines and cracks in the head of this turtle .
Colors looking good to me , the basic tonality is ok for me , but Steve has taken it up a notch with his edits .
I might try to lighten the LLC to get a bit more separation between the subject and BG.
Nice one , TFS Andreas
Innovative shot which I like a lot, John. But I think Steve has lifted this a bit more with his repost even though I thought the original looked good. Nice work and yes, I'd like to see some of the other shots if you are willing.
Hi John -- This is a terrific portrait with some excellent details . I think Steve has improved it with his RP and provided very nice suggestions as well . One of your best so far . TFS !
Steve I noticed the slow SS but also the tripod and remote control and effective MLU in live view. The details look remarkably good. Inevitably the maximum detail would be captured when there is no movement of the subject and none in the camera. The turtle was "static" inevitably there would have been some minute movement because it was alive but I would have thought this was negligible. I would have thought camera movement was negligible too. Having said that if the shutter speed was twice as fast or ten or other multiple times faster it would correspondingly reduce any possibility of detecting movement. There is no getting away from a faster shutter speed capturing finer detail because it reduces the time in which movement is recorded.... but having said that the image looks sharp and well detailed to me. I wonder just how much more detail there would have been if the shutter speed had been increased, I think the only way of knowing would be to try multiple exposure settings if time permits.
Thanks Steve, if you think it looks good. The average person will think it is outstanding. What did you do in Photoshop here? Curves? I was also surprised nobody commented on the ISO and shutter speed. Thanks again.
Just some simple Channels and Blend modes with Masks.What did you do in Photoshop here?
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