Wolves

[SJEaton]

I've just joined the site and learning more about photography but thought I'd post a few pics up of my attempts so far to see what people think

[Frankie]

Samantha,

Welcome!
I really like this photo... I love Wolves! where was this taken?

I do have a couple picky things to point out...
Has this been cropped? If so, I'm thinking that it may look better without such a tight crop.
The white on the snout of the wolf closest to the camera is a little blown. You may want to play with exposure and highlights in post processing to see if you can get a little more texture to that area.

Overall, I like this photo. And again, Welcome!
frankie

[RockNGoalStar]

Hey Samantha! Welcome to CiC!

That's a great photo! I hope you don't mind but I had a little play with it in Photoshop...

I felt the highlights were a little blown in places - this essentially means that they are overexposed to the point that they are pure white ad have no detail in them. Look at the dog's cheek on the right. So I did a bit of burning and increased the contrast and sharpened it a tad. This may not be to everyone's taste, but it's how I would have processed it myself.

See what ya think... ...but keep posting photos, especially if they are as cute as this one!

[Peter Ryan]

Hi Smantha and welcome to CiC.

I do like the shot and agree it is a little blown in the highlights but this can be easily fixed in post production. And, yes, it does need a little sharpening - all digial images need some sharpening. Tommy has shown you what sharpening can do but I must admit I do like your lighter rendition of the image rather than the constrasty attempt by Tommy. Yours is a friendly warm shot whereas Tommy's has a rather menacing appearance to it. So I think just a little sharpening and it would be great.

Thanks for sharing and please keep posting.

[epmi314]

Frankie and Tommy are why we are all here. The original image is good but the suggestion by Frankie and edit by Tommy is really good.

[RockNGoalStar]

Yours is a friendly warm shot whereas Tommy's has a rather menacing appearance to it. So I think just a little sharpening and it would be great.

This is a good point Peter and I was happy with that given the title of the thread. Wolves are menacing and threatening. If these are Samantha's pet dogs and she wants to make a nice friendly portrait of them then I agree with you that less sharpening and contrast gives a cuddlier feel to it

[RockNGoalStar]

Here's a very quick attempt... Less contrasty and less menacing, but sharper and toned down highlights...

[SJEaton]

Samantha,

Welcome!
I really like this photo... I love Wolves! where was this taken?

I do have a couple picky things to point out...
Has this been cropped? If so, I'm thinking that it may look better without such a tight crop.
The white on the snout of the wolf closest to the camera is a little blown. You may want to play with exposure and highlights in post processing to see if you can get a little more texture to that area.

Overall, I like this photo. And again, Welcome!
frankie

Thanks Frankie, yes it is cropped! Great advice, much appreciated

[SJEaton]

Hey Samantha! Welcome to CiC!

That's a great photo! I hope you don't mind but I had a little play with it in Photoshop...

I felt the highlights were a little blown in places - this essentially means that they are overexposed to the point that they are pure white ad have no detail in them. Look at the dog's cheek on the right. So I did a bit of burning and increased the contrast and sharpened it a tad. This may not be to everyone's taste, but it's how I would have processed it myself.

See what ya think... ...but keep posting photos, especially if they are as cute as this one!

Thanks Tommy, yes it does look better, as I said I'm only just starting out so is great to receive C&C such as this

[SJEaton]

Hi Smantha and welcome to CiC.

I do like the shot and agree it is a little blown in the highlights but this can be easily fixed in post production. And, yes, it does need a little sharpening - all digial images need some sharpening. Tommy has shown you what sharpening can do but I must admit I do like your lighter rendition of the image rather than the constrasty attempt by Tommy. Yours is a friendly warm shot whereas Tommy's has a rather menacing appearance to it. So I think just a little sharpening and it would be great.

Thanks for sharing and please keep posting.

Thanks Peter!

[SJEaton]

Frankie and Tommy are why we are all here. The original image is good but the suggestion by Frankie and edit by Tommy is really good.

Yes indeed!

[SJEaton]

Well unfortunately they're not my pets but yes, I was going for the more cuddly version but totally get you menacing wolves reference!

[RockNGoalStar]

Well unfortunately they're not my pets but yes, I was going for the more cuddly version but totally get you menacing wolves reference!

I went for a slightly less aggressive look! But let me know what you thought of my second attempt at your pic as well...

[SJEaton]

I do like the second attempt better