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Hi Mark - nice look-back pose. She seems very light in coloring, I think you could punch it up by adding some midtone contrast. Good sharpness for such a slow ss. I'm curious as to why you didn't up the ISO to try to get a bit more ss in the field.
TFS,
Rachel
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Hi Morkel and Rachel,
Morkel, I agree that the OP lacked mid tone contrast, your repost is better, but a wee bit darker than what I remember. I have had a look at Hougaard's tut's and in this case I did not apply the mid tone contrast as I would, using the luminosity mask for the basic mid tones as you have done. Thank you for your help. The £&£@&@&£@£!!???@&&@£@ that you hear from SANPARKS must always be taken with a pinch of salt, I can assure you, in most cases it is said by a PR person who does not have the facts.
Rachel, the settings were not ideal as the opportunity presented itself within a matter of seconds. I had to drive the Landcruiser to a point where I could take the image, unwind the passenger door window and then shoot the image over the extremely anxious passenger who, together with the window, offered support. I feel the result was more than satisfactory under the circumstance and with the knowledge I now have the ISO would be 2500, the s/s 1/1600 and the aperture at f8, or something to that affect in manual mode and auto ISO. I hope that this covers the tech question you asked. If you have any others please feel free to ask and thank you both for your comments.
Best wishes,
Mark.
Last edited by Mark Wiseman; 05-25-2012 at 05:57 PM.
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A sad story, but a very beautiful cat and image. Thanks for sharing.
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Hi all,
I have always struggled in processing this image and after receiving help from Morkel, this is my repost. Thanks Morkel for your help.
What I did was the following:
I made a duplicate of the layer: cmd J
Added a luminosity mask: alt+cmd+2
Went to curves and changed the blend mode to multiply
Added strong contrast to the basic mid tones and in both layers adjusted the opacity sliders to obtain the affect I wanted.
What do you think of the repost?
With many thanks,
Mark.
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Great stuff Mark, the pose is wonderful, and of course the detail at 1/25 ! Great help from Morkel too, illl be having a look at that sticky too :)
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Mark - rp is even better. Thanks for the explanation on ss and we've all been there
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Rachel
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Mark, looks like a award winner to me....last repost does it....will have to look at some of those stickies...and what a sad story...
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Excellent image and your RP takes this over the top
TFS
PS , Instead of trapping leopard , I guess paying for goat will be cheaper
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Sad story, I like Morkels repost with color and a image with a huge amount of appeal. IQ seems to be lacking slightly maybe due to low SS. Im sure a higher ISO would have solved that issue but when things happen very quickly as in wildlife photography these things happen.
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I remember seeing this image, definitely one of the best leopard poses I have seen to date. I like your repost, looks great. Sad story Mark, pity the leopard didn't kill the farmer instead
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Thank you for your comments Ken, Laura, Rachel, Steve, Morkel, Dumay and Vivaldo, your comments are truly appreciated.
It is a sad story and really does question the integrity of state conservation bodies and there workings. For a transfrontier park you would think that communication would be better and Harshad's suggestion, I feel, is by far the best way to approach the matter as long as the farmers practise wildlife friendly faming methods when bordering national parks.
Best wishes,
Mark.