Nice capture Steve... I really like the full head turn back and the stong eye contact. If it were mine I might play with cropping some off the right and see how it looks with the coyote even further to the right in the frame. A nice one as is... I love how the coyote is set against all that grass.
Agree that the setting makes the image. The DOF on the coyote is just right with critical sharpness on the face and good sharpness throughout. A real knock-out image.
Hi Steve. I like all the technical aspects of this image and I like John's suggestion about cropping a bit from the right (a maybe a little off the bottom). I'm not as fond of the pose as those above (I'm often in the minority here :) ). I would prefer that the coyote's rear quarters were angled a little more toward the right - it's that different strokes thing, you know.
I like the pose as presented since it has such a strong eye contact Sort of make its for me. I do see Steve's point of a little rear end movement. Fine image either way you look at it !!! Big Congrats !!!
Steve,
I like this image. The first thing I notice is the patch of green grass. You got him in the right place. I like the sharpness. The dof is adequate.
I agree with John regarding taking off a bit from the right. I see Steve's point about the angled view to avoid the posterior portion. That would also be relevant for the buck images, where the back is a big white patch. I normally get this looking back images when I am trekking and following a Jackal. I would ofcourse like it more, if the coyote would be moving side ways and looks back, giving you a body parallel to your image plane. In the present image, the looking back pose works.
Thanks to all for the comments and suggestions. I too would've liked a slightly more profiled pose for this shot, and I did get a couple of side shots of this coyote, but none were in the green patch of grass. I also experimented with putting him closer to the right edge of the frame but chose this crop because of the sideways teardrop shape of the green grass. I preferred the rounded teardrop shape to the sharper triangle that a closer crop created.