Walrus 1

[Ken Watkins]

Taken on shore in Northern Svalbard 7th September 2009

EOS 1d Mk III

300mm F4

F6.3, 1/1000, ISO 800, EV-1/3rd

[Harshad Barve]

Beautiful image with great details , water droplets on whiskers (/) are just fabulous, small splash in bottom and gorgeous BG
TFS

[David Fletcher]

Awesome details and pose captured Ken. Like too the water drops on the whiskers. Could do with a tickle on the contrast but minor point really. VWD!

[Katie Rupp]

This fella has lots of character and another VWD for the whisker/water drop detail.

[Hilary Hann]

Ken, excellent image and I can only agree with comments about the detail of water droplets on the whiskers and the water splashes around the walrus. I would also like to see a slight contrast adjustment.

[Robert Amoruso]

Ken,

Agree with the above points and have some suggestions on the processing.

In the repost I cropped some off the top. I did a USM sharpening at 175/0.3/0. I then did a local contrast enhancement using USM at 20/50/0. I feel the LCE is a better alternative here then a curves adjustment to increase contrast.

[Morkel Erasmus]

great portrait of Winston Churchill here, Ken ;)
Robert's repost has made it pop nicely. I would only add another round of NR on the BG...

[Marc Mol]

Nice details Ken, some more contrast adj required as noted.

[Ken Watkins]

Thanks for the comments and the repost (Thanks a lot Robert) which is a lot nearer my Tiff, but still better.

I must remember to check my JPEG conversions properly!!!

[Steve Canuel]

Great portrait. Almost has a regal look to him. Robert's repost improves an already good shot.