Captured this over the weekend. This male was pretty brave and curious.
1D MIV
500mm
1/500 at f/4.5
ISO 200
Captured this over the weekend. This male was pretty brave and curious.
1D MIV
500mm
1/500 at f/4.5
ISO 200
Nice low angle view of this fox. Face looks a little bright, darkening slightly improves this nice sharp image. Well done. TFS
Todd
Hi Kurt, firstly can I ask, were you with Danny, as both have shots of foxes with the distracting strands in the BG? Just curious?:)
I like the low angle, and great sharpness to the eyes. I find the colour a little lacking in the rich, warm colour you normally see, was this due to the light being slightly harsh, what time of day was this taken as a matter of interest? I would also suggest trying to tone down the strands of grass (?) in the BG, as personally I do find the distracting, but again, these are only my thoughts.;)
TFS
Steve
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.
Steve, Yes I was out shooting with Dan. The dis-colored items you see in the BG are in fact twigs and branches. We were in a heavily wooded area, so there is no getting around them other than shooting pretty wide open (which I was). Not sure how this is translating to lacking in color in your view, to my eye, it looks good both on my monitor and the histogram. Maybe the jpeg conversion??? If you have any tips, I would be happy to entertain them. Thanks for the feedback. Oh, this was morning light
Kurt, thanks for the background to the shot, to me, having this is so useful in building a reply back, as quite often its like building a jigsaw, occasionally without the pieces :)
OK, not ideal as I am away, so viewing on my laptop 17", even so, it still may not give a 'TRUE' rendition. I am referring to the depth of colour and am basing my comments/observations on images that Fabs, Al, & Daniel have posted a short while back. The colour seemed to be deeper/richer, here it looks brighter and not so intense, but this might also be down to the time of day or later in the year, new coat perhaps?:)
Not too sure how this might look so may delete? Laptops are not great.
Thanks
Steve
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.
Thanks Steve. I think it looks good. I thnk my issues have more to do with processing. I have only been doing this for 2 1/2 years and the biggest problem I have is knowing when I am at that "right place" on my color. Is there anything other than just more time and experience that can get me there faster? BTW, appreciate the help!
Hi Kurt, personally I have found that it can be a little bit of 'stop/start'. You learn or pick up something that is really good, then you plateau for a while.
Can I assume you are using PS? If so, there is quite a good book by Scott Kelby 'The Adobe Photoshop CS4 Book for Digital Photographers (Paperback)' personally I found it quite good for certain tips, but as I have always said, I use PS as a tool not a crutch, and therefore try to avoid heavy work or complicated work as that is not what I do, I like to take shots not be a 'Harry Potter'. ;) BTW he also has done it for 2 & 3.
Hope this helps.
Steve
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.
Steve, it does help. I actually just bought that book recently and am about 2/3 of the way through it. However, recently I have changed directios and have been trying to stream;line my workflow to shorten my time and doing most of my work in LR and NIK. Trying to only go into PS to clone (which I don;t like to do a lot of...just a minimal amount). Not sure if I can continue with that workflow or not, but it has cut down my time in half.
I like the low head, high tail pose. Although the color of the OP looks accurate I like the darker tone of Steve's repost.
Nice shot Kurt. Like the eyes and the low angle.
you gotta love those lovely eyes here
TFS