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Wonderful pose of this wild dog Gabriela, I like the eye contact, the walking pose and details. Colours spot on so are the techs!! Nice BG too.
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Hi Gabriela - Always a thrill to see wild dogs. I like the inquisitive pose. It looks like it was overcast so I would reduce the magenta and red coming through on the dog. I would also apply another round of sharpening. Because the dogs were relaxed as you said and don't appear to have been on the hunt, I would have dropped the ISO and ss. 1/1600 would have been plenty. I hope the load shedding doesn't interfere too much with your internet.
TFS,
Rachel
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Hi Gabriela, I like the position and having the 500 allows you the distance (POV angle) and to track the subject, so you have plenty of time for the subject to walk into frame and nail the shot. Having the WD slightly angled with that apprehensive look is nice, along with the slight bent front paw highlighting movement. I might have gone for a tad more DoF, guessing on distance, but not f/8. To me the image needs a CW rotation, a bit more tonal depth and the subject needs some additional sharpening, not sure why, as you know how to sharpen. Also I feel you can also ramp up a bit of colour too via Curves or a Channel, a hint of + Temp and some more +Magenta (Tint) will balance the OP before you start. Personally the branch RH needs to go.
Rather than adding a RP I will send you my thinking easier.
TFS
Steve
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Great eye contact, and I like the dynamic pose with the raised foot. I could imagine a little more sharpening and tonal depth as others mentioned. I'm not sure going to f/7.1 would add much DOF on the beast -- you have the face in focus which matters most -- and it might hurt the nice soft BG.
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I'm not sure going to f/7.1 would add much DOF on the beast -- you have the face in focus which matters most -- and it might hurt the nice soft BG.
Hi Bill, it may just have added that little bit extra from eyes to nose, plus the distance between subject and backdrop I feel is far enough, and so the 500mm will compress & diffuse the background to loose any increase. That's the great advantage of these fixed lens, the compression & bokeh.
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Gabriela tec bits well covered ,do like the way the Dog stands out against that nice bg and it's ganguly walking pose and a nice angle,very well caught.
Keith.
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Many thanks dear Keith,
Your comments are kind as always and much appreciated.
Busy with an RP on this image as I received some guidance from Steve, sorry to take so long I am a bit overwhelmed with work commitments at the moment:)
Kind regards,
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Steve, sorry to take so long I am a bit overwhelmed with work commitments at the moment:)
Likewise Gabriela, so I may miss the RP, but no problem we can catch up later.
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Gabriela, I like the image overall -- pose, background, details, colours. With D500 and 500 mm lens, seeing the room around the subject, I assume WD is fair distance away and yet DOF is not enough to cover entire dog...I am always amazed how shapp DOF these big guns have. For this image, I think your choice of aperture seems fine to me as it has got head and front legs in focus.
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