Rams at play

[Fabs Forns]

From our trip West, during the Big Horn Sheep mating season. Two males at play.

Date: 12/10/08
Time: 11:06:49 AM
Model: NIKON D3
Lens (mm): 550 (200-400/4 VR plus 1.4X) hand held
ISO: 800
Aperture: 6.3
Shutter: 1/320

[Fabs Forns]

Great interaction and a very nice composition. Given the time of day, was there a heavy overcast ? The image seem to have a blue cast. I reduced the blue by about 10-12 pts and the vibe becomes even better.

Heavily winter overcast. I already warmed it up lots!
Thanks.

[Steve Canuel]

Hi Fabs,
I like this one the best of those you've posted so far. Nice interaction and sharpness, pleasingly blurred BG with just a hint of habitat detail. Color cast looks accurate to me and portrays a nice sense of cold and overcast.

[Fabs Forns]

Hmmmm, to much yellow here...thanks for reposting, though :)

[Harshad Barve]

my vote for Original posting
nice image you got
Harshad

[Alfred Forns]

Another vote for the original I like the interaction .. usually you see them butting heads ... nice change !!! Excellent !!!

[Todd Frost]

Nice interaction and habitat inclusion. The blue cast is what is representative of the conditions during capture at this time of year. As usual sharpness and exposure looks good.

Todd

[Stu Bowie]

Fabs, great interaction, and this is nice and sharp. Love the direct eye contact from the ram at the back. I will have to go with you locals with regards to the colours, but I certainly like the pastel colours in the BG.

[Morkel Erasmus]

super image! why are the rams 'playful' in mating season? surely that would be counterproductive? ;)
I'm with Stu on the colours - this is an image to print big and frame. I love it.

[David Thomasson]

I'm way late noticing this beauty. (I need to stop working for a living and just roost on BPN! :o)

I might isolate the rams with a mask and bring them out a bit (with some warming in the bargain) and dim the top area of the background just a little.

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