Bighorn sheep in the South Dakota Badlands. Minor adjustments, crop, resize and sharpen. C&C appreciated.
7D
70-200 2.8 II at 75mm
ISO 400
1/160 @ f/5.6
hand held
Bighorn sheep in the South Dakota Badlands. Minor adjustments, crop, resize and sharpen. C&C appreciated.
7D
70-200 2.8 II at 75mm
ISO 400
1/160 @ f/5.6
hand held
Love it Mike. Beautiful habitat image.
Nicely framed Mike and great eye contact.
Hi Mike,
Ditto what has been said above. I like the way you have maintained the steep angle through the image with the angle of the sheep slanting to the left.
Thank you for sharing,
Mark.
I concur with all the good points/compliments raised above, Mike...
Excellent composition and overall animalscape. I felt it could just 'pop' a bit more - so I tried my hand at a few tweaks (hope you don't mind).
Basically did a multiplied highlights layer (see Robert's sticky thread), as I felt there was more to be extracted from the sky. 40% opacity.
Then painted through a mask of that highlights layer to the foreground as I only wanted to top left corner to be affected by the highlights adjustment.
Lastly, did some midtone dodging on the antelope and surrounds.
What do you think?
Mike - great comp and Morkel's repost takes it up a notch IMHO.
TFS,
Rachel
Morkel,
I like what you've done. You definitely added impact to the image. I felt the same way you did about the sky, but wasn't sure how to make the adjustment. I appreciate your help.
Mike
My pleasure, Mike. I hope my steps as explained make sense?