Young Gator
I photographed this young gator Sunday at JN "Ding" Darling Wildlife Refuge. I converted it to sepia tone. I used my Sony A700 with a 50-500mm Sigma lens from tripod. I just wish I could of been lower. Data-ISO 800, 500mm, -0.7 ev, f/18, 1/400. Thanks for looking, John
John, this is a really cool image! You've really managed to bring a lot of textural interest to the croc's head. I did a few small tweaks to see if I could bring it out even further and have a few suggestions for you.
First, when the image is this strong, crop tight! Since the head is elongated, I chose a vertical 8x10 crop to give the viewer an even closer of the details. I added a round of noise reduction to the water only to get rid of some of the noise that I imagine was introduced with the tonal changes.
Finally, I added a high pass filter at 3 pixels on a separate layer. I then changed the blend mode to Soft light and left it at 100% opacity, but you could lower it to give it a more subtle change. I then added a slight round of USM to crisp it up even more.
One other thing I noticed as I went to save the image is that the face could use a bit of CCW rotation to bring the eyes level.
I think you got a great angle here...any lower and it wouldn't show all the detail that you got on the bridge of it's nose.
Hi - different for sure - looks like a embossing :) Im a bit out of the box ;) If it was me I would consider painting a little colour back into the eye's assuming there was some there to begin with.
Jules crop certainly puts the attention on the head more - prefer the vertical to horizontal.
Good show :)
Very interesting image, the sepia tone made this look like a metallic badge. Nice re-post made by Julie, however I prefer the original crop as it gives me a feeling of lying silently and wait for a prey :D
Thank you everyone. i like what you did Julie. I need to get practicing on photoshop.
Hi John....very interesting image! Like the original but it needs some noise reduction....repost also good....If you could paint in some color to the eyes as suggested I think it would raise it another level.
When I see a gator photo my eyes light up! This is beautiful, I like the sepia tone very much. I do like Julie's rendition a bit better and agree with rotation. A more vertical crop with extra space below would look cool, I think.
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