Since Morkel started an interesting thread yesterday.. think its only fair I give an example of what I talked about in my reply...
Background to my thinking behind the image ;
I love moody images with dark and light areas , so for this image I wanted to essentuate the light falling on the foot by darkening the BKG but not completely as that would overpower the image.
I then dodged/burned the the foot till I got the desired look I was after...keeping the top half of BKG lighter than the bottom to give a sense of light falling on it.
This also shows up the ripples of the water thereby adding a little texture to BKG...
Like I said in previous post conversion is so subjective , I love moody images ,the play of light and shadows, I love having deep blacks in my prints..it adds a sense of drama...
The image is full frame , so no way to rotate .. the image is correctly exposed with no black/dark areas just shade with detail... the bkg is blueish water ... yes I would have loved some more room on bottom but its not a deal breaker ...and I only got one frame..
D2XS 600mm lens taken from hide using Arties bean bag...
I may have previously posted this a long time ago but I have reworked it...![]()








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no denying this packs oodles of punch...



