The End of the day
by EdGhoti

Comment:
Very nice. Perhaps a whisker off the left side to get them perfectly centered, but minor - and not sure - good as is. Colors very nice here. Like the composition. Good focus. edit:typo

Message edited by author 2007-02-10 12:46:16.

Mara Breakfast
by EdGhoti

Comment:
Nice clarity on the eye in this one. Good detail too. Some good shots (great opportunities) of this Kenya trip in your Portfolio. Easy to see this meal was a Zebra.

Full Meal Deal
by EdGhoti

Comment:

Originally posted by EdGhoti: ...I understand what you mean and I had rotated it from the original angle, as you'll see it looked like he was walking downhill but it was all in fact flat.

Yes - looked at the original. As I said, it was fairly minor and just a 'nit-pick' purely for the aim of (trying to help) gain 'perfection' (which does not mean everything in the image is 'perfect' - if that makes sense, and just my opinion).

Originally posted by EdGhoti: ... I think the majority of us are here to improve and that can only be accomplished through the criticism of our peers and I certainly appreciate your taking the time to illustrate exactly what you meant.

One of the reasons I joined DPC - but an 'icon' indicating those like that amongst DPC, sure would be good. And, you're welcome. It helps me learn too.

Originally posted by EdGhoti: I wasn't sure how to post a picture to the post so I added the original to my portfolio, so you could see what I had to work with (How did you post the image to your post?).

If you don't want the image to appear in your Portfolio, upload it into your Workshop. To get a thumbnail to appear you can use one of the icons in the comment box or just manually put the code in: [thumb]image number here[/thumb] ([thumb]466389 [/thumb] without the space).

Then the thumb is clickable and opens in a new window.

edit:wording/formatting

Message edited by author 2007-02-11 14:27:36.

Full Meal Deal
by EdGhoti

Comment:

Originally posted by EdGhoti: ... I am hoping you will explain what you meant and how this might be accomplished...

First and foremost, I am no 'expert' in photography, nor in post processing, secondly it is fairly minor, but something that always gets my attention - the hyena looks like it is either walking down a slope (which it could be), or the perspective of the image creates that 'illusion' OR, the photo does need 'straightening'. Sometimes just a nudge rotate will fix this (and then obviously a recrop), however due to the grass blades and earth 'lines', they can then become skewed - hence sometimes a perspective correction is used.

I tried a rotate of this and also a perspective fix, posting a version here for you to see what I mean. I do however sometimes get myself in trouble for doing this, and indeed making such a comment/observation - and yes, sometimes I am wrong. Sometimes it is just a visual thing. Anyway, here is the image after a (bad) perspective fix:

IMG_0309-a.jpg
by timfythetoo

Comment:
Very nice. Don't know what it is an out-take to, so can't comment on that. The good and unusual oof / 'cardinal bokeh ', makes me want to 'suggest' that this might be an even stronger image with a variation in crop, especially on the left, and possibly variation in framing - but your call, obviously.

Full Meal Deal
by EdGhoti

Comment:
Nice opportunity capture. Might just be the perspective, but looks like it needs a whisker nudge up on the left.

Call Of The Wild
by MarcusArmani

Comment:
Nice capture and colors. Wonder if a tighter crop at the top might have made the good expression also captured dominate more.

Sly Fox Versus Sly Photographer!
by Ivory

Comment:
8 - Gorgeous light in/on the eyes. Focus and clarity very good.

Sigrún Freyja
by Hauxon

Comment:
This is really a very nice image. One of the best portraits I've seen on DPC. The moment/expression captured is perfect. Like the light through the hair. The only thing is the scarf, but the rest of the image dominates strongly enough that it loses any attention - in my opinion.

On the Wing
by Imagineer

Comment:
Ahh. This was ringing a bell, now I see why. Colors are richer in this.