Foot Motif: Prehistoric Foot

[Rachel Hollander]

Galapagos tortoise taken in the highlands of Santa Cruz in April 2009.

Canon 50D
100-400 at 365mm, handheld
Tv 1/125
Av f5.7
ISO 400
Exposure comp -.67
No crop
Converted to B&W in DPP

C&C welcome and appreciated. Thanks,

Rachel

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Rachel Thanks for contributing to the motif !!!

That is one big foot I like the low perspective and selective focusing, conversion to B&W gives it a special feel, not fond of conversion for most but this works in a big way !!!! Big Congrats !!!

[Lance Peters]

Hi Rachel - Interesting image - a little more sharpening perhaps - the white leaf under the foot draws my attention away from the rest of the image - being the brightest part of the image - that is were the viewers attention tends to go straight away.
Good show:)

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks Al, glad you like it. Lance - here's another attempt. I added some more sharpening in DPP before conversion and then tried to deal with the leaf in PS Elements through darkening of highlights on the selected leaf and then a little cloning where hotspots remained. Let me know if this works or if there was another way I should have done this. Thanks, Rachel

[Mark Young]

Lovely image Rachel. It looks good in B/W, the low angle looks great!

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks Mark. Glad you like it.

[Lance Peters]

Hi Rachel - repost looks better to my eye's. my eye is not drawn to the leaf straight away.
:)

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks Lance:)

[Ann Fiske]

Nice composition Rachel. Like the re-post best.

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

Love how you place the foot in the frame which create diagonal line, like your choice of B&W which emphasis on texture of the foot. Like the environment around the end of the foot, give me cozy feeling. I like the repost better too.

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks Ann and Thanaboon.

Rachel