Look what I got for Christmas
A rare moment of "too much lens", this is full frame.
Magnificent Male Leopard taken in Kwara concession, Okavango Delta, Botswana, 25th December 2010.
EOS 1D MkIV.
500mm F4 IS hand held from floor of open game viewing vehicle
F7.1, ISO 800, 1/320, EV +0.33
I want this image in my files, I am really jealous
Terrific POV , techs and habitat , Top notch image Ken
TFS
And your waiting till now to share. This is simply outstanding Ken. Techs are handled great. Love the shooting angle. Colors and detail look good as well. You knocked this one out of the park
. Very well done.
TFS
Todd
fantastic POV, light and image quality here Ken
for my tastes I would probably want to crop just a tad off the LHS to make it seem more "purposefully" cut off
Love the typical Leopard hunched pose here Ken, your low perspective and framing really enhances, agree on just a tad cropped on LHS.
Top shelf stuff!
WOW!!! What a fantastic specimen...This is a fantastic image Ken...IQ is great and I like the comp as is.
I feel this is one of your best submissions here Ken and worthy of a tweak, if you don't mind.
Gave it a run through with a luminosity mask @ 70%, sharpening the head a tad and slight LHS crop.
Let me know what you think?
Last edited by Marc Mol; 02-19-2011 at 06:04 PM.
Thanks everybody for your kind comments, whilst I understand the idea about cropping, I am quite happy with it as presented.
Marc,
I have tried this method but to my eyes it takes the colours out of their correct range, on this one the yellow is in my opinion too strong.
Ken, this is such a powerful image! TFS
Ken,
I would suggest adding more snap to the blacks as that won't affect the color. Two ways:
1) Selective Color and add blask to black and neutral channels.
2) Convert to LAB mode and using a curves on the lightness channel, pull down in the 1/4 tone portion of the curves. I tried this one and really liked the results.
I do agree this is a fine image you posted with the low POV and in-your-face look. I feel like I am right there.
Robert,
Thanks for the tip I tried method 2 it looked OK but not to sure about the subsequent conversion to JPEG after changing to 8 bit.
Ken,
I am with original Ken. This is a "Wow" image.
Sid,Originally Posted by Sid Garige
Thanks for this, memory plays tricks, but I do think the OP is nearer in colour to what I saw,
a magnificent Male Leopard
Hi Ken, fantastic close-up, I also like the opening image, colours are better. Great low angle, agree with trying a closer crop, it would work nicely as well TFS
Here is a tighter crop, I am not sure if it really works
My vote is for OP , no need to play with it
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