I believe this is the second animal, other than a bird, I've posted (the other was a squirrel). i couldn't find a "good" bird this morning, so I settled for this guy who cooperated perfectly. The sun was rather bright. I chose this image out of the many I made of him because it shows "all" parts of him best and because I did almost no PP -- no crop -- only NR and sharpening in Lightroom. Should I do more?
Ron and Kerry, I've tried to post this one larger. How did I do?
you got the posting size perfectly!! easier to see the details. i think it might be too centered, wendell. i might take a little off the left side and maybe the bottom. curious to what others think about that because i kinda like the rock reflection. the only other thing is to clone some texture into the blown highlights on the shell.
Hi Wendell Sweet head angle on that turtle !!!! :)
when you nail exposure in camera there is not that much to do afterwards Agree with Harold on the reflection, might look stronger without it, would crop just under the rock !!
Also see the image is centered but not sure how to crop and improve, sort of like seeing the entire rock. Very nice and also like doing best avaiable !!!!!
Hi Wendell,
I like the capture...you have sharp details with a good head angle...if leaving the subject in the center of the frame, I would suggest a pano crop...looking forward to your next one...:cool:
Hi Wendall.....Looks good to me. I do not think I would crop as i like the rock reflection too much. I would only clone detailinto hot spot on the shell. Nice work!
Hi Wendell, yes, you've sized it perfectly, 1024 pixels across. I decided to repost the image cropped as suggested for comparison. This is so sharp that it looks like I can just touch the image and feel the texture of the shell. I really like the head angle too. Do you know what kind of turtle it is?
Ron, glad I got the size right; thanks for prodding me to learn how to do it. And i do like your crop. As for sharpness, I had removed my 2XTE (which I ordinarily use) before I made this image, since I was pretty close and did not need it. No, unfortunately, I do not know what kind of turtle it is; and I've tried to ID it, too.
Wendell, lovely image. I like turtles! Comp on re post is best. You did a great job on exposing her. She is a Red- Eared Slider, very common in the pet trade. I had several as a child. You can tell it's a female by the tail, short and stubby while the males is long and narrow ( hope this doesn't sound inappropriate;) and pretty easy to remember:D).
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