Skittish Impala
by kasaba

Comment by fitz3000:
This one is for the National geographic competition, superb work.

Skittish Impala
by kasaba

Comment by Neat:
Delightful and elegantly painted, would make an excellent print. Processing is superb.

What'cha mean you are following the white rabbit?
by kasaba

Comment by gintay:
Cute- Tough execution. Great job. Congrats

What'cha mean you are following the white rabbit?
by kasaba

Comment by jomari:
Congratulations on the red. Gaby. That's a really cool creation.

Skittish Impala
by kasaba

Comment by tanguera:
What a splendid technique. I hope you share how you did this!

Skittish Impala
by kasaba

Comment by elizadeb:
Brilliant! Exquisite! Best photo I've seen here in a long while. 10 and a FAV from me. (Print available??)

Skittish Impala
by kasaba

Comment by mariuca:
A clip from an animated feature

Skittish Impala
by kasaba

Comment by kiwinick:
I thik this is one of the best wildlife shots on DPC 9

What'cha mean you are following the white rabbit?
by kasaba

Comment by kasaba:

Originally posted by Lydia: I hope my suggestion will not offend you, Gaby. I wish that the view from the hole were darker... with shadows coming up on the dogs. In my opinion, the under side of the hole would all be dark. We're looking up from a hole, right? And holes are dark? So... the underside of the soil would not be seen. And there would be shadows under the dogs's chins. Maybe just a hint of detail in the soil? I dunno... I'm just speculating. I still think the image is totally adorable and fun!

Not offended at all Lyda! Thank you for taking the time to crit and write. I was running out of time, when I was working on it in post I thought it would have been better to photograph the inside of a tube of some type instead of the flat surface. That would have given the feeling of the "hole" much better. Hindsight and all that :-).

I was using a flash to photograph the dogs, I tried without it, but it was too dark or the sky was totally blown. Also the fuzzy coat is very unforgiving with lower shutter speeds, I mean really unforgiving :-). This being dpc I know how much a sharp image is valued ;-). Maybe I should have used a reflector on the bottom and used a flash from the top? Never thought about that before.

thanks for your comments, can't say I disagree with what you said :-).

What'cha mean you are following the white rabbit?
by kasaba

Comment by Lydia:
I hope my suggestion will not offend you, Gaby.

I wish that the view from the hole were darker... with shadows coming up on the dogs.

In my opinion, the under side of the hole would all be dark. We're looking up from a hole, right? And holes are dark?

So... the underside of the soil would not be seen. And there would be shadows under the dogs's chins. Maybe just a hint of detail in the soil?

I dunno... I'm just speculating.

I still think the image is totally adorable and fun!