First Light

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Got this image a few weeks back the same day Itook my spill just a few minutes before this shot. Clouds blocked the sun for most of the first hour then I was blessed with a few minutes of break thru light and a glorious glow. This guy got so close to me in the water that I clipped the tail end. So I cropped to about mid body. Does this work? By the way how does my color management look?

Canon 1DMIII 300 mm 2.8 w 2x
ISO1000 f8@1/250 tripod in the water
NR and selective sharpening cropped to about 70% of original

[laurie golden]

I think you should crop more from the left. I would prefer to see no more than half of the body. The light is beautiful and love the water drops.

[Randy Stout]

Cheryl:

I agree with Laurie about the crop. I would crop from the left to the highest point of the back, and if you have any on the right, add that back in.

Golden light plays well with the subdued blues of the water.

The eye is great, and I like the slicked back do!

Cheers

Randy

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

I think you should crop more from the left. I would prefer to see no more than half of the body. The light is beautiful and love the water drops.

Thanks Laurie and Randy
This is as much as feels comfortable to me.

[Randy Stout]

Cheryl:

You are the artist, and have to feel good about what you have created. I think this crop is an improvement over the original. I would put it aside, and look at it again in a week or so, and try other cropping options.

Makes me miss my loons

Randy

[Marina Scarr]

Repost is really top notch, Cheryl. Could have been worth the spill?

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Cheryl:

You are the artist, and have to feel good about what you have created. I think this crop is an improvement over the original. I would put it aside, and look at it again in a week or so, and try other cropping options.

Makes me miss my loons

Randy

Thanks Randy and yes isn't that usually what we do? Over and over

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Repost is really top notch, Cheryl. Could have been worth the spill?

I'm thinkin for sure. It was an amazing day from that point. I wish you coulda seen the spill. You'd probably still be laughing

[Robert Holguin]

Really wonderful image. The light is just amazing, great pose, detail is top notch, and I like the repost.
Very well done.

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Cheryl, trust you are happier with the colour now, have things improved to where you want it to be?

I just wonder if dropping some of the warmth from the BKG it might work, just my 2 cents.

All the best.

Steve

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Hi Cheryl, trust you are happier with the colour now, have things improved to where you want it to be?

I just wonder if dropping some of the warmth from the BKG it might work, just my 2 cents.

All the best.

Steve

Steve you know I like your 2 cents. That works very nicely too and I did wonder if the warmth was too much. Thanks so much for your valuable time.

[Steve Kaluski]

No worries, you are now on the right tracks for the future in your colour work now, just keep it up-to-date.

Good luck.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Cheryl, great light indeed. loved the low angle, the drop and the latest crop.