Fox kits

[Bigsky1235]

Fairly new member looking for feedback on processing. Sony A1, 200-600, 600 mm, 6.3, 1/2000, ISO 500. Processed in LR. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

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[MorganP]

Wow looks good.

 

[Bigsky1235]

Wow looks good.

Thank you for taking the time to look. Appreciate it.

 

[The_Wild_Chesapeake]

Not really sure what else you could do with this. For my personal taste I might darken it up a little, or else mask the background to play with it a little, or maybe a very very slight vignette, but if you feel compelled to follow my personal taste I would suggest you should seek professional help. Other than that, excellent!

 

[Bigsky1235]

Thank you. I'll try some of the rugged edits. Appreciate your thoughts.

 

[Woody Meristem]

Good catch. I might try lowering the highlights a bit and increasing the contrast.

 

[ssheipel]

Nice shot. As to Woody's suggestions. It's a bit 'hot' which could be tamed by Woody's direction -- but all personal taste. Love the moment you caught.

 

[Bigsky1235]

Good catch. I might try lowering the highlights a bit and increasing the contrast.

Thank you Woody. I will try to reduce the highlights as suggested. I'm sure it will be an improvement. Appreciate the suggestion.

 

[Bigsky1235]

Nice shot. As to Woody's suggestions. It's a bit 'hot' which could be tamed by Woody's direction -- but all personal taste. Love the moment you caught.

Nice shot. As to Woody's suggestions. It's a bit 'hot' which could be tamed by Woody's direction -- but all personal taste. Love the moment you caught.

Thank you. I appreciate you taking a look and the comments. Nice to have another set of eyes to get suggestion.

 

[RecalcitrantRon]

Very nice image. On the image side, the only improvement would be to try and get lower next time if conditions allow. As for processing, I'm a big fan of applying a slight vignette to burn the corners a little. Helps keep the eye in the frame.

 

[Charles Loy]

The image is a dandy, but make it a bit darker and see how it looks. Or add contrast

 

[Bigsky1235]

Very nice image. On the image side, the only improvement would be to try and get lower next time if conditions allow. As for processing, I'm a big fan of applying a slight vignette to burn the corners a little. Helps keep the eye in the frame.

Thank you Ron. I think I tend to be too conservative when making adjustments. I appreciate taking the time to make suggestions. Thank you.

 

[Bigsky1235]

The image is a dandy, but make it a bit darker and see how it looks. Or add contrast

Charles, Thank you for the suggestions. As a new LR user, I'm probably a little too timed to make major adjustments. Big learning curve. Thanks again.

 

[Callie]

Lovely sighting, nice image. We all have a feel for what we want and do. See below.
I took a screen print into PS, Curves and pulled the whole imaged darker; inverted mask and painted out bright whites.
Did the same for the reds, tuned it down a bit.
brightened the teeth, eyes and noses.
Darkened the whole image and then painted out across the subjects to bring the light back.
You could also blur the bg a bit from the elbows of the foxies up.
As I said, we all have our own approach to what appeals to us. I like subdued whites, contrast between the subject and the environment. Please delete if out of place.

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[Bigsky1235]

Callie, Yes I think those adjustments were helpful. I like your edits. Thank so much for the detailed description and taking the time to offer suggestions..

 

[Flyboy]

Fairly new member looking for feedback on processing. Sony A1, 200-600, 600 mm, 6.3, 1/2000, ISO 500. Processed in LR. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.View attachment 91309

Whatever you did, keep doing it!

 

[gnpToday]

Whatever you did, keep doing it!

Nicely done, welcome to the forum1

 

[EricBowles]

I think Callie did a nice job with the adjustments, but my taste is a lower level of vignetting. I like a vignette, but not to the level where you can obviously see it. If you see a vignette it is too strong.

I would also darken the background a little more to try to get the subject to pop. If you just decrease brightness across the frame, the image becomes a little flat. I prefer darker midtones in the foxes to bring out the red color.

 

[Bigsky1235]

Nicely done, welcome to the forum1

Thank you Greg.

 

[Bigsky1235]

I think Callie did a nice job with the adjustments, but my taste is a lower level of vignetting. I like a vignette, but not to the level where you can obviously see it. If you see a vignette it is too strong.

I would also darken the background a little more to try to get the subject to pop. If you just decrease brightness across the frame, the image becomes a little flat. I prefer darker midtones in the foxes to bring out the red color.

Thanks for looking and for your advice. Nice to hear from those far more experienced.

 

[FastGlassGuy]

I think it is a great shot. If it were my shot, I might crop it a little tighter to put more emphasis on the Fox kits and avoid some of the grass, even if it meant doing a non-conventional crop. Ken

 

[Waldo3]

Fairly new member looking for feedback on processing. Sony A1, 200-600, 600 mm, 6.3, 1/2000, ISO 500. Processed in LR. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.View attachment 91309

The opening between the two open mouths form an almost perfect heart, within a triangle, amid a series of diagonals. My eyes just keep going over this great image again and again.

Jim

 

[Andrew Lamberson]

Fantastic shot and I like the edit change. I am currently on a kick of darkening the background a tad, so that the subject “pops”. Like what you did here.