Zebra Profile

[Rachel Hollander]

Taken in the Sabi Sands, South Africa near the start of the afternoon game drive.

Canon 50D
100-400 @ 380mm
1/500
f8
ISO 200
Handheld from safari vehicle, slight crop applied to remove excess all around.

C&C welcome and appreciated. Thanks,

Rachel

[Steve Canuel]

Nice profile shot. I like the detail in the mane. Although I can see the different colors in the eye, without a bit of catchlight it seems a little lifeless compared to the contrast of the black and white stripes. Probably because of their long, thick eyelashes? I suspect I'll be in the minority but I also really like the gold, sparkly bushes in the BG.

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Rachel

Nice profile and the tones and colours of the BG work well to lift the head. Would use Highlight/Shadow to lift the eye only and them a tad of curves to bring out the blacks of the strips to give it a little more punch. Also another round of USM say 70, 0.3, 0 will work too. Might lose some off the RHS, as there is enough for he/she to look into.

TFS
Steve ;)

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Rachel

Regarding the eye I was playing with it in PS ... can use quick mask to select the area around the eye or just do a quick selection with any tool and feather (by a lot) then apply S/H In PS5 works very well Will get some detail in the eye !! Like it a lot !!

[Rachel Hollander]

Steve, Steve and Al - Thanks for the comments. While Al was posting I had already done another round in PS based on the suggestions Steve and Steve made. Here's that repost. Please let me know if you think I should go further with the eye.

Thanks again,
Rachel

[Steve Kaluski]

Yep, better. :)

Steve

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks Steve.

[Steve Canuel]

Yep, better. :)

Steve

Agreed. Your little tweak puts a bit of life into the eye.

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks Steve C. :)

[Harshad Barve]

Lovely image and excellent repost
TFS