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    Another from Mokala this time in more natural habitat in the shade of trees.

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    F7.1, 1/100, ISO 400 EV -0.33

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    Nice image Ken, related to the Kudu.

    Impressive set of horns:D Might have been tempted to drop the f stop to help the shutter speed, but good detail in the eyes & ears. Is it me, or is there a slight 'blue' to the Nyala? Just curious.\

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    First thing I notice was the cast .. but the bg looks fine !!!

    Did real well at that shutter speed, I normally will raise ISO and open wide to avoid !!

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    Nice portrait of this, at times, difficult subject Ken, there does appear a blue cast, easily fixed of course.
    Good use of the bean bag for the given S/S.
    TFS


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    In addition to the cast, the bright background caught my attention. I tried toning that down and brightening the subject some.

    Nice capture of a very striking animal.


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    Good eye contact Ken, and I like your comp as is. David has shown not only in this image, but many others, how to get the best out of ones image. Could you kindly explain your workflow to rid the cast.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stuart Bowie View Post
    Good eye contact Ken, and I like your comp as is. David has shown not only in this image, but many others, how to get the best out of ones image. Could you kindly explain your workflow to rid the cast.
    I would like to know about this as well, BTW the original RAW is not that blue nor is the Tiff I converted to jpeg from.

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    Well captured, Ken, & well optimised, David, though my personal preference is for a less dark BG, say halfway between the two options. This may look like an easy capture but these guys absolutely do not pose, so it is worth getting the most out of this image. Mokala was very kind to you, Ken:).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stuart Bowie View Post
    Could you kindly explain your workflow to rid the cast.
    Happy to. I set white point and black point as shown below. The default values of the white and black droppers
    in curves are, I think, 255.255.255 and 0.0.0 respectively. I changed my defaults to 242.242.242 and 10.10.10
    just to guard against clipping. Sometimes I adjust them a little for a particular image, but generally 242 and 10 do pretty well.

    In this case, some highlights in the background are already clipped, and setting white point where shown will clip
    more of them. So you might want to paint those out on the curves mask. (Better idea: If you have CS4, the adjustment
    brush in Adobe Camera Raw is great for toning down hot spots before you take the image into Photoshop.)


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    Lovely portrait Ken. Many thanks David for your excellent and instrumental advice.

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    David, thanks a stack for showing us how easy it is when you know how. ( sorry for hijacking your image Ken )

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    David,

    Thanks for the explanation, I am looking to do a better post of the same Nyala.

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