Hyaena

[Jonathan Ashton]

Canon 5D III Canon 100-400 l IS II @ 248mm
Auto ISO 500, 1/1000 sec f5
Taken from car window Kruger Park

[Jay Shah]

Hi Jon, in this image guy looks as innocent as a pet dog! Nice, curious expression and details. If this was mine, I would desaturate greens in the foreground so that eyes go directly to the subject. Nice image.

[Steve Kaluski]

Like the framing & POV here Jon.

TFS
Steve

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thanks Jay + Steve, glad you like it. Jay I did desaturate the greens and yellow slightly, but I wasn't entirely happy, maybe I should have taken a little more out.

[Steve Kaluski]

I did desaturate the greens and yellow slightly, but I wasn't entirely happy, maybe I should have taken a little more out.

Jon, I guess this was a few frames on to the previous posting? The greens may not look perfect here, but Marc raised a point about if it had rained, had it? You can do a truck load of adjustments to the greens through all manner of options (but I think/feel they need to be localised and not Global), but I think you need to clear in he direction you want to take it.

[Jonathan Ashton]

I think this is a little nearer the mark, but as you mention Steve, it is not just one shade of green, I think that is what is giving me problems. I have used the dropper on greens and yellows, in an attempt to sample the different greens, happy with green RHS adjacent to hyaena but less so on the LHS of the frame. I am reasonably happy.

[John Mack]

The composition works and the lowish point of view. Like all the green around the hyaena.

[haseeb badar]

Hi Jonathan -- I liked the details and the pose . Your RP is quite good when it comes to the greens , the Hyena stands out nicely then. A nice image .

TFS !

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thanks Haseeb - much appreciated.

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Jon - The rp for me. Nice eye contact, low pov and details. Just watch the blacks around the eyes. I really like the comp here.

TFS,
Rachel

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thanks Rachel, pleased you liked it.