Red deer hind (Cervus elaphus)
Red deer hind, very patchy light this day and I quite liked how she was illuminated against the trees.
(I hope it looks sharp, on the BPN website it does not look sharp to me but it does in PSCC)
Model Name : E-M1X
Focal Length : 194.0mm
Focal length in 35 mm film : 389.0mm
Exposure mode : Manual exposure
ISO Sensitivity : 400
Exposure compensation : -1.0 EV
Shutter : 1/640 sec
Aperture : F6.3
ACR/PSCC
Hi Jon, nice to have the light and having a darker BKG helps for sure. You don't say, but if this is FF the I again feel, you are too tight at the foot, moving the whole frame down a bit more would help. Have you darkened the lower RHC?
I think it is a tad heavy on the Blacks, some minor clipping but just having a bit less just opens the whole content up a bit more and I think there is a small patch of colour noise on that LHS? The bramch going into the rear of the body is a bit unfortunate, I would break it and slightly tone down that area. The coat is, or appears to be in moult and sadly less attractive, I might run a lights Curve just to pull a little down. Is it sharp, yes in PS it is better and certainly as displayed it has lost some in resolution, but could go a little more crisper to my rye.
TFS
Steve.
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Good morning Jon,
Love the colours here and great to see the beautiful, rich environment the species live in. I guess you were so taken with those trees in the BG that you might have forgotten to allow for the virtual limbs of the bokkie... can you add a bit?
Pose is nice with good HA, I like the POV. Was it really necessary to underexpose? Not saying it's good or bad, just interested to understand your thinking behind it.
Agree with Steve regarding dark branch at the rear of the animal. Overall subject looks sharp enough to me too, maybe a tad more needed on the face and especially eye.
Thank you so much for sharing!
Warmest regards,
Gabriela Plesea
Steve, Gabriel, yes there is more at the base - just checked and indeed it does look better with more at the base. The deer was as you can see very bright I exposed to the point that the deer was only just clipped, I reduced the highlights in the deer a lot and I raised the blacks in the trees. The base has a grad filter with negative exposure.
Sharpening - maybe I'll be better after my eye test and I suspect new glasses, previously you thought I was over sharpening, this time there is hardly any sharpening whatsoever on the jpeg, I use an action (yes I know a deep sigh!!) but it can be tailored and I used 5% as opposed to the regular 30-50%, perhaps I could have used a little more and brushed the amount selectively.
Leave the trees open as you are Globally affecting everting.I reduced the highlights in the deer a lot and I raised the blacks in the trees.
PSCC still retains the best sharping and yes, you can tailor make with layers & masks.I use an action (yes I know a deep sigh!!) but it can be tailored and I used 5% as opposed to the regular 30-50%, perhaps I could have used a little more and brushed the amount selectively.
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Steve I used masking on the trees.
Personally I wouldn’t, I rarely add, primarily decrease within Lr…
Last edited by Jonathan Ashton; 10-31-2021 at 09:26 AM.
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.
Because you would prefer to adjust data as opposed to pixels?Originally Posted by Steve Kaluski
Personally I wouldn’t, I rarely add, primarily decrease within Lr…
Two words Jon - ‘Smart Objects’
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Here's an alternative, how about the sharpening and the trees?
Jon, any sharpening for PI or Web is all subjective, you have better form/tones in the OP IMHO, but guess you are starting from scratch rather than updating a PSD. Foliage is also a bit better, but less so in the shadow I think, you have raised things too much???? Whats the vignette, why is there a dark/sooty FG????
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OK thanks Steve.
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