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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Heinz on April 05, 2013, 11:57:46 am

Title: Wild Lion
Post by: Heinz on April 05, 2013, 11:57:46 am: Does this work or not? Taken in the wild and lucky to get this shot.
Title: Re: Wild Lion
Post by: nemo295 on April 05, 2013, 12:49:49 pm: The lion himself is ok, but I don't care for the total lack of visual context and the crude masking around the lion only weakens the image further.
Title: Re: Wild Lion
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on April 05, 2013, 02:02:32 pm: Quote from: Heinz on April 05, 2013, 11:57:46 am
Does this work or not? Taken in the wild and lucky to get this shot.

Not, I'd say. You certainly have a good shot of a lion, but I don't like the processing one little bit.

Jeremy
Title: Re: Wild Lion
Post by: Rob C on April 05, 2013, 02:03:39 pm: Quote from: Doug Frost on April 05, 2013, 12:49:49 pm
The lion himself is ok, but I don't care for the total lack of visual context and the crude masking around the lion only weakens the image further.

How dare you call Colorama crude! I always shoot cuddly toys like that.

;-)

Rob C
Title: Re: Wild Lion
Post by: RSL on April 05, 2013, 03:28:39 pm: I'm with Doug and Jeremy. Let's see the original -- before it got processed to death.
Title: Re: Wild Lion
Post by: wolfnowl on April 05, 2013, 04:42:32 pm: Quote from: RSL on April 05, 2013, 03:28:39 pm
I'm with Doug and Jeremy. Let's see the original -- before it got processed to death.

Yes.
Title: Re: Wild Lion
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 05, 2013, 06:13:52 pm: Quote from: RSL on April 05, 2013, 03:28:39 pm
I'm with Doug and Jeremy. Let's see the original -- before it got processed to death.
Likewise.
Title: Re: Wild Lion
Post by: Tony Jay on April 05, 2013, 06:28:52 pm: Heinz, keep working at this one - there is a great picture in this.

Tony Jay
Title: Re: Wild Lion
Post by: francois on April 06, 2013, 06:09:48 am: Quote from: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 05, 2013, 06:13:52 pm
Likewise.

Agreed… When I saw the lion, I saw a good photo but after only a couple of seconds, the processing toned down my enthusiasm.
Title: Re: Wild Lion
Post by: Heinz on April 09, 2013, 04:27:59 pm: Hi Guy's,

Thanx for the feed back. I have posted the original for your info. Very little was done to this image, selected lasso tool, crudely outlined the Lion, selected inverse and in levels dragged the white slider towards the black slider untill the background was white. The reason for posting this image purely to find out if there is interest in this style of wildlife. The processing work is terrible I know ;D
Title: Re: Wild Lion
Post by: nemo295 on April 09, 2013, 05:52:55 pm: Much much better.
Title: Re: Wild Lion
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 09, 2013, 06:39:05 pm: Fine portrait.
Title: Re: Wild Lion
Post by: Tony Jay on April 10, 2013, 04:31:24 am: That, is a nice puddy tat!

Tony Jay
Title: Re: Wild Lion
Post by: francois on April 10, 2013, 06:34:58 am: Quote from: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 09, 2013, 06:39:05 pm
Fine portrait.

Yes, I agree. Now this a very nice photo!
Title: Re: Wild Lion
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on April 10, 2013, 02:20:05 pm: Fine shot. I'm not terribly keen on the crop, though: I think either tighter, for emphasis, or looser, for space, would be better.

Jeremy