Savuti Elephant Crossing
Canon 1Dmk4, 300f.28is. S/s 1/320 at f/4.0, +.33 exp comp. Iso800. Handheld. Metering Eval. Ai focus. Cropped from 16 to 11mp. Location Savuti camp, Botswana, March 2011, 17h36 on an overcast afternoon. Lightened the ele in ACR6, normal colour, tone etc in CS5.
All C and C welcome
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Grant
www.grantatkinson.com
Fantastic sighting and capture Grant. Great eye contact, low angle and love the water splash TFS
just love the soft muted light, the low angle, semi-reflection and pose here
Thanks Morkel and Vivaldo, the ele kept coming toward me, and I ended up with more frames from a closer distance, but I liked the look of this one best.
Thanks for commenting
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Grant
POV on this one Grant really works well and to have the whole reflection is a nice bonus. The perfect placement within the 'Thirds rule' gives the composition good strength and structure, creating a good, solid image. The splash to the left just adds to the bow wave, but if there is a little more to the RHS so the wave is not clipped might help? I think a one degree rotation will also help as visually it looks as if it is running up hill, don't use the ruler as it's too much. I might be tempted to add a fraction more selective USM on the Elephant only, with a slight increase in the Neutrals/Blacks to add a little more punch. I will let you ponder, knowing the result.
Dare I say it, but would work very well as a B/W too.
TFS
Steve
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.
Hi Steve, thanks for that comprehensive critique, most useful. I will have a go at it and repost maybe tomorrow. I do have a little more space all around available, cropped from 16 to 11mp.
Cheers
Grant
Hi Grant, you might need to tweak my thoughts, or 'hold' some, as a calibrated monitor is a lot better than the MacBook at present and can only guide/advise until I'm back again next week. Good luck and any questions, just fire away.
Steve
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.
Here is the repost, with my best efforts at carrying out Steves suggestions
thanks for the help Steve
Grant
Hi Grant, like everyone here, we can all make observations and pass on advice, it is down to the individual to distill from the feedback. Therefore, my question to you is, is this an improvement and are you happier with the results?
Steve
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.
Grant, I'm away in the outback for a few days so can't comment much from my iPhone except to say that it looks mighty fine on my tiny screen. Love the elephant's attitude. Wish I could see it larger but will have to wait.
Grant - repost looks good, can really see the added punch in the splash but it looks like you took a smidge more off the bottom. Great POV. I like the gradients in the pigmentation as well.
TFS,
Rachel
The head up looking down the lens contact is first rate here Grant, with an effective full semi-reflection, VWD.
TFS
Very nice Grant. I like the head on approach and how the splashing water goes from side to side. The repost certainly adds some vibrancy (not that the OP was lacking). Leveling made a nice improvement for me.
Hi Steve, I prefer the repost, and after adding some sharpening and a little more contrast to the elephant, I saw the improvement. Slight rotation also helped the feel of the image, and I only noticed that after your comment. Hilary, Marc, Rachel and Steve, thanks for the comments, glad you liked this shot. Rachel, I was in a bit of hurry with the repost and cropped after levelling, hence the loss of some off the bottom. I shall go back to the beginning for my original on file here. I am happy with how the image turned out, and thanks for feedback
cheers
Grant
www.grantatkinson.com
Repost works well. Love the diagonal lines caused ny the ripples.
Excellent techs, sharp, well exposed , lovely re-post
TFS
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