Results 1 to 5 of 5

Thread: Mountain Goat

  1. #1
    Lifetime Member Rachel Hollander's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2010
    Location
    NYC
    Posts
    14,320
    Threads
    929
    Thank You Posts

    Default Mountain Goat

    Taken in Glacier National Park a couple of weeks ago. Unfortunately it was midday and the light was somewhat harsh.

    Canon 50D
    100-400 @150mm
    1/1600
    f5.0
    ISO 200
    Handheld

    C&C welcome and appreciated. Thanks,

    Rachel

  2. #2
    BPN Viewer
    Join Date
    Sep 2009
    Posts
    3,596
    Threads
    260
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    Rachel, I like the thoughtful look on the goat's face but not so sure about the bright yellow flower, I know it was there but it is kind of distracting. I'm not sure whether you lightened the eye but if you did, I think it is too much as it looks almost milky (a bit like a dead animal's eye), so perhaps adding a little black back into it would help. I do like the light on the horns and the fact that you have lots of detail in the coat. I think the bokeh in the background is less than appealing, but not much you can do about that. (only having recently learnt about bokeh … thanks Artie … I'm still struggling with that aspect myself) Still, given the harsh lighting I'm amazed at the job you've done, well done. :)

  3. #3
    Robert Amoruso
    Guest

    Default

    Hilary brought up some excellent points. I have experience that type of BG bokeh at those times of the day (heat waves perhaps). In any event, your biggest problem here is the light.

    I would have good vertical thus eliminate BG and not clipped the horns, moved to eliminate flower and used a smaller aperture for more DOF.

  4. #4
    Julie Kenward
    Guest

    Default

    Rachel, nice head angle on the goat. I also like the detail in the fur. One thing you might try in post-production (pp) is to pull the yellow out of the green grass - that is where the light is really showing how harsh it is. Sometimes if you reduce that yellow tint you can come up with a nicer BG. Another option is to try different colored filters in Photoshop and see if any of them makes the image look less harsh. Sometimes it works!

  5. #5
    Lifetime Member Rachel Hollander's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2010
    Location
    NYC
    Posts
    14,320
    Threads
    929
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    Thanks Hilary, Robert and Jules for the comments and suggestions. I may play around with a little pp and see what I can do.

    Thanks again,
    Rachel

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
Web Analytics