Longleat & Monkey World
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Posted 08/04/2011 - 21:41
It's got to be the monkey on the pole for me - great expression and pose.
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Posted 08/04/2011 - 21:56
It's got to be the first one for me too, really good composition and expression. I'm not keen on the mono lion, it seems to lose some of the sense of drama without the colour. A good set though, my one and only trip to Longleat was in the pouring rain :0(
Fiona
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"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep". ~Scott Adams
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Last Edited by Utopia Poppy on 08/04/2011 - 21:57
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Posted 08/04/2011 - 23:13
The chimp on a pole is the stand-out shot for me, great stuff.
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Kris Lockyear
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
My website
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Posted 09/04/2011 - 06:48
Tweak herewith - a bit of fill light, additional brightness and a heavy handed play with the tone curve.
I cropped some of the sky away also, to focus more attention on our friend.
The intention was to darken the background, and bring some more light and detail out of the chimp (poor bugger).
My guess is that your camera exposed for the (brighter) sky more so than your (darker) subject. That was good in one sense, because it meant you got to keep the detail in the clouds.
Can you recall which metering mode you used for these shots? The mode can make a fair bit of difference.
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Last Edited by i-Berg on 09/04/2011 - 06:50
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Posted 09/04/2011 - 12:17
The wolf shot for me, very natural looking ..... followed by the chimp (though what is going on in the sky ? Are those lines some form of haloing) ?
The lion shots look over-processed to me, either over sharpened, over contrasted .. or both !
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The lion shots look over-processed to me, either over sharpened, over contrasted .. or both !
http://frogfish.smugmug.com/ Pentax. Pentax DA*300/4, Cosina 55/1.2, Lens Baby Composer Pro & Edge 80, AFA x1.7, Metz 50 af1.
Nikon. D800. D600. Sigma 500/4.5, Nikon 300/2.8 VRII, Sigma 120-300/2.8, Zeiss Distagon ZF2 21/2.8, Zeiss Distagon ZF2 35/2.0, Sigma 50/1.4, Nikkor 85/1.8, Nikon TC20EIII, Nikon TC14EII, Kenko x1.4, Sigma 2.0
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Posted 09/04/2011 - 21:07
thanks for all the feedback.
i-berg - i used multi-segment metering but did dial in +1.7 of exposure compensation to get some detail in the chimp.
Gareth & Frogfish - the funny lines in the sky have come from some fairly heavy burning i think. (i'm still new to all this post processing stuff)as there is no sign of them on a straight b&w conversion from the original raw file
As for the lion your right it has had rather alot of sharpening to try and compensate for shooting a moving subject through a windscreen. i've also probably been a bit heavy handed with the saturation slider aswell lol
I'll have a go at re-working both shots and re-posting them and i'd appreciate if u guys could tell me if you think there's any improvement.
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i-berg - i used multi-segment metering but did dial in +1.7 of exposure compensation to get some detail in the chimp.
Gareth & Frogfish - the funny lines in the sky have come from some fairly heavy burning i think. (i'm still new to all this post processing stuff)as there is no sign of them on a straight b&w conversion from the original raw file
As for the lion your right it has had rather alot of sharpening to try and compensate for shooting a moving subject through a windscreen. i've also probably been a bit heavy handed with the saturation slider aswell lol
I'll have a go at re-working both shots and re-posting them and i'd appreciate if u guys could tell me if you think there's any improvement.
Pentax K-x, Da-L 18-55mm, Da-L 50-200mm, Tamron Di Ld 70-300mm
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Posted 10/04/2011 - 08:46
i've re-worked these 2 and i think the processing is better but would like to hear your thoughts.
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Posted 10/04/2011 - 10:10
the second monkey image you have done is much better as on the first one somethong strange had happened to the left eye.
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Posted 10/04/2011 - 14:37
The reworked chimp shot is much better. It's still my favourite.
Fiona
"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep". ~Scott Adams
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Fiona
"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep". ~Scott Adams
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Posted 11/04/2011 - 08:07
Thanks again for the feedback. I do tend to leave composition as it appears in camera but it is amazing what a more thought out crop can do. Note to self 'Crop tool, top left in PP, use it!' lol 
Pentax K-x, Da-L 18-55mm, Da-L 50-200mm, Tamron Di Ld 70-300mm
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