The background was changed. Taken midday-1/500, f6.3, ISO 400.
Giraffes
The background was changed. Taken midday-1/500, f6.3, ISO 400.
I love it, Kathy!! I like your choice of bg, and especially the intertwining necks! And you still have eye contact from both! Oh wait, that's a horn on the adult oops. lol
I think I would crop some off the bottom and leave out the tail. Perhaps up the contrast on the faces. just wish the eyes were open. but love the interaction.
do you have more of these two?
That's great! I don't mind the tail being in there - it's kind of funny. It doesn't distract me from the smaller giraffe's expression.
I like the background, too. This is one of those that just makes people smile!
Thanks for sharing it!
Amy D.
Great catch, Kathy, and I like it as presented. You have a flair for the dramatic look.
Lady Kathy,
I would not touch a thing. I like this image very much. Its fine the way presented. When a picture or photograph catches your eye on impact, you know its good. congratulations, I like the composition; the tail was cut on purpose, because you wanted to introduce the supportive element in the composition, which is the tree in the lower left portion of your background; showing the habitat...:) I like the capture a true "Kodak Moment" of your subjects twisting their necks in a playful fashion. The mocha colored hues and tones of the background compliments your subjects very nicely; and are typical of a African afternoon.
Very well executed...congrats...looking forward to your next adventure...I give you a BIG TEN...;):D:):cool:
I think the one looking straight ahead is smiling :) Great choice for the bg color I'm just looking and enjoying the image !!!! :)
Wow, really good !!
Just want to ask: why the sky has that reddish color in midday?
this is an awesome creation on your part kathy!! the bg and the "inter"action really take this one over the top!! big time congrats!!!
Super, super nice!
Thanks everyone. This was taken at the zoo so the original background was a chain-link fence and an unattractive building. The background hue was changed to match to giraffes. I do have a few of this mother and son "interacting". I was at the right place at the right time---it was beautiful to watch them---not sure what they were doing looked almost like some sort of mating. I do have more of these two I will post.
Hi Kathy and welcome,
I love the interaction. As presented originally, the background was a mess. I painted a Quick Mask of the BKGR and did a 10 pixel Guassian blur. Then I cropped it to a near square. As nice as it was, it is far stronger now... That big butt in our face was not a plus.
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A beautiful capture of these two lovely animals. I was going to say that I liked it as presented until I saw the re post by Art, and it does make a heck of a difference, specially the rear end.
None the less, Beautiful.
Regards,
holey smokes!! nice repost!! details, details, details!!!
Repost is a huge improvement - Nice shot Kathy :)
Wow!! I am amazed again. I have learned so much from this site. My sky still does not look as good. Yours looks more uniform.
I think I have it now. I used a gradient tool to get a more uniform look.
I am not sure why the color changed after the post. It looks like the same color in PS.Originally Posted by Kathy Reeves
Lovely repost, Kathy . . . Background constant & beautiful . . . Nicely done young lady . . . Uncle Gus
BTW: If you aren't satisfied with the colour, you could always brighten it up a bit. A matter of personal taste.
Kathy: I love this picture from another vantage point. As a biologist I looked at that neck. You can actually see the vertebrae as she has turned the neck. Look at how big a single vertebra is from bump to bump.
Lovely picture and nice interaction between mother and son.
Linda
Wow! I'm glad you pointed that out, Linda. I knew the number of vertebra in a person's neck is the same as in a giraffe's neck; the only difference being length. But I never realized how tremendous the length actually is until you pointed it out in this image! Thanks!
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