Spotted Hyena with kill
I was happy to witness this spectacle at the Masai Mara, where a flock of vultures were struggling for a share of the meat, the Hyena held them at bay for a long time. I was shooting form the roof hatch and we were facing forwards, hence could not get a lower angle. C & C welcome.
Sanjeev
7D and 100-400 L
1/640
f/7.1
ISO 400
Spotted Hyena & Vultures by docsanjeev, on Flickr
Love the composition and subject but seems a little washed out on my screen
Hi Sanjeev - great interaction and comp. Something seems to have gone amiss in the pp as the color of the grass looks a little off. Agree it needs some punch too.
TFS,
Rachel
Hi Sanjeev, colours look not washed out to me, but would ease off a little on the Blue & Blacks in relation to the objects, but can see some colour issue re the grass. Always difficult on a scene like this not to clip or cut subjects in half, also the angle is looking down too which again is not ideal. I would also again look to increase sharpening, perhaps push it a little further next time?
TFS
Steve
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.
Hi Sanjeev,
tried to operate on the colors,specially the grass no big difference in the greens.Reduced the blues in the shadows ,and reduced the blacks a tad.
I did that in LAB color space. WDYT ?
Hi Andreas, Yes the RP looks better with the reduction of blues and blacks! Some how the green turned out this way! I also shot simultaneously with two 7D's and 70 200 f/4 L IS and 100-400 L. This was with the 100-400 L. will check if the other lens did any better. Also I got wider shots with the 70-200 f/4 L IS. Will post is again.
Thank you David, Rachel, Steve and Andreas for your advice.
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