Helpful Posts: This image was taken at The Melbourne Zoo. The look of the snow leopard was what I wanted and therefore it is a 100% blow up. C&C most welcome.
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18th August 2019, 11:30 AM #1
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18th August 2019, 12:38 PM #2
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Nice effort, by blown up do you mean also heavily cropped?
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18th August 2019, 12:41 PM #3
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That is right, John. A 100% crop. My mistake.
Originally Posted by Shadowman
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18th August 2019, 02:35 PM #4
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I know it is difficult to photograph animals like these at a zoo. You have done a good job of getting focus where it needs to be.
In my opinion I think it is slightly over sharpened. That may be as a result of the aggressive crop? I would be inclined to add a little bit of blur.
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18th August 2019, 02:58 PM #5
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Really cool cat and image. Agree with Peter. Also, I may have chosen not to crop the animals left ear and included it all.
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18th August 2019, 03:29 PM #6Moderator
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Ole - I agree with the other comments regarding the over sharpening and the crop. I also find the image is too "hot" and both the background and the leopard itself seem overexposed. Bring that down a bit and I think you will have a stronger image.
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18th August 2019, 04:02 PM #7
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Like others, I found the image to be somewhat 'overcooked'. Halos on the whiskers, true, but more disturbing to this pixel-peeper are the cross-hatch artifacts on the nose:
Tried to tone it down but I went a bit over the top, as usual. But, going back to 100% zoom, some might prefer the smoothed version and some might bemoan the sudden disappearance of 'detail' ....
Perhaps somewhere betwixt the two? No disrespect intended.
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19th August 2019, 07:21 AM #8
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This is an image I have a lot of trouble with. Second attempt.
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19th August 2019, 12:53 PM #9
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Nice....you have made him much more cuddly
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19th August 2019, 02:09 PM #10Moderator
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You've nailed it this time Ole.
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19th August 2019, 03:10 PM #11
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Plus one to that ... A good job well done. Originally Posted by Manfred M
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20th August 2019, 03:18 AM #12
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Fabulous!! Very nicely done Ole. Love the snow leopard, and you have done him/her justice.
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20th August 2019, 03:25 AM #13
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Far better image this time but, I wouldn't call him/her cuddly. Not exactly what I would want to cuddle with on the couch watching TV
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