hyena

[peter delaney]

D3 200-400mm 1/125 f16 iso 4000, handheld

pre sunrise... came across some shy hyenas, manage to capture a few frames before they ran off

[Russell Johnson]

That is a sharp image for 1/125 second.

Comp is a little central, though that does not bother me too much. Personally, I would prefer to have seen a shutter speed around 1/60 for more blur to the image.

[Marc Mol]

I'm not quite sure what you were trying to achieve here Peter with the techs you used? ie. ISO1600@f/16.
As it is neither a sharp image nor an effective pan blur? Not at all meaning to be really critical, just wondering what your purpose was?

[Ken Watkins]

Peter,

I am with Marc on this one

[Robert Amoruso]

Peter,

I see the others point and wondering the same. I downloaded the image and sharpened it a lot (for affect) and removed halo at the head and ears. I will sharpen my bird blurs this way as well and like the affect. You can include the BG as I have done here as I like the look or selectively sharpen the animal only.

I might try lightening the eye and nose as well.

[peter delaney]

LOL.. i agree guys it is terrible..that is what happens when you stay up too late working and open a bottle of wine!!

thanks for all the feedback, please never worry about me taking it the wrong way.. thick skin etc..

Robert appreciate your time on doing a repost but think we are flogging the proverbial dead horse / hyena...

thanks again

peter