The Little Leopard

[Stuart Dahne]

Date Taken 2008-02-17 11:06:08
Camera Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Lens 180 macro f/3.5
Exposure Time 0.0333s (1/30)
Aperture f/25.0
ISO 500
Focal Length 180mm (234mm in 35mm)
Flash flash fired, compulsory flash mode
Exposure Program manual
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Exposure Mode manual
White Balance auto
Color Space sRGB

[Bev Barker]

Beautiful, the detail is great and the BG compliments the vivid yellow well.

[Mike Moats]

Hey Stuart, this came out really cool, excellent sharp details on the head.

[Dan Walker]

Very cool, really like his pose. What was your lighting setup?

Dan

[Stuart Dahne]

Thanks! This was shot with a 580 EX off camera (hand held with a Gary Fong diffuser).

[David Steele]

A super image Stuart. No nits only praise.

[Tony Kirkby]

Well done, fantastic image

[Robert O'Toole]

Pose is great and the sharpness is good and the patterns in the scales are very cool.

Was this a studio image, the midnight style backgrounds make the image look like it taken in a studio with the lights out, or in the middle of the night in the field.

The image looks very bright and very contrasty, even blown in some areas over the shoulder. I would reprocess and use masks to hold detail and deal with the high contrast. In Photoshop use the histogram, F10 or the info window, F8, to check for blown areas, that is areas that lack detail or are pegged at or near the 255 value. Use the calibration strip at the bottom of this page to check your monitor calibration for whites.

Robert

[Stuart Dahne]

Thanks Robert, please help me understand what to do to hold the detail. I can see the areas that the highlights are hot or even blown however I am not sure that I know what to do. What would you do, what would the process be. Any and all help is appreciated.
Thanks.