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This is the edited image with sharpened and added texture to the face of the rhino - please note that the focus was on the face and adding texture or sharpmess did not effect the body in post processing.
Hi, this was one of my frist photos sent for curation and though the statistics show it was very well received and caused curaters to feel happy and amused (who woldn't love that cute face on this creature), it was not selected. I tend to agree that sharpness on the animal's face in the original shot was lacking and it is unfortuante that both eyes were not captured in the shot due to the angle it was taken from (Pls see ehnical details below). If it is acceptable to have this picture with one eye and if I increase the sharpness as in edited photo number 1 , and if I black out the background distraction, would this photo be revived and escape extinction from my gallery ? :) As you know, these wonderful creatures (square lipped rhinos - white rhinos) were at the brink of extinction only a few years ago but luckily die to kajor conservaion efforts in South Africa, they seem to be back!! :)
I truly apprecaite your time and considerations with your critque. I am new to 1X and am finding this crituque extrimely helpful in advancing my photography and post processing techniques. My aim is to slowly start seeing the photos thorugh the eyes of the critics and be able to put my finger on the right pulse as to what is accepted and what isn't. So, I appreciate any helpful comments and feedback. Thank you very much!
Camera Canon EOS6D, Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM, Focal Length 500mm, Shutter Speed 8.97s, ISO 800, Aperture f/4.5, Exposure 1/500
This is the frst image as submitted. No changes whatsoever
Raffi this is just my take on your fine image... Nik Tools Tonal contrast to add bite. Quite a bit of burn tool work on the face and body to try and get that 3D look - Last I used Topaz AI sharpen to get that extra Pro Clarity on the face....
Raffi this is just my take on your fine image... Nik Tools Tonal contrast to add bite. Quite a bit of burn tool work on the face and body to try and get that 3D look - Last I used Topaz AI sharpen to get that extra Pro Clarity on the face....
Thanks Daniel, I see what you are saying. I think I can work with this to make it as close to the 3D look you have achieved. Many thanks! 😊
This is the edited image with sharpened and added texture to the face of the rhino - please note that the focus was on the face and adding texture or sharpmess did not effect the body in post processing.
Hi, this was one of my frist photos sent for curation and though the statistics show it was very well received and caused curaters to feel happy and amused (who woldn't love that cute face on this creature), it was not selected. I tend to agree that sharpness on the animal's face in the original shot was lacking and it is unfortuante that both eyes were not captured in the shot due to the angle it was taken from (Pls see ehnical details below). If it is acceptable to have this picture with one eye and if I increase the sharpness as in edited photo number 1 , and if I black out the background distraction, would this photo be revived and escape extinction from my gallery ? :) As you know, these wonderful creatures (square lipped rhinos - white rhinos) were at the brink of extinction only a few years ago but luckily die to kajor conservaion efforts in South Africa, they seem to be back!! :)
I truly apprecaite your time and considerations with your critque. I am new to 1X and am finding this crituque extrimely helpful in advancing my photography and post processing techniques. My aim is to slowly start seeing the photos thorugh the eyes of the critics and be able to put my finger on the right pulse as to what is accepted and what isn't. So, I appreciate any helpful comments and feedback. Thank you very much!
Camera Canon EOS6D, Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM, Focal Length 500mm, Shutter Speed 8.97s, ISO 800, Aperture f/4.5, Exposure 1/500
This is the frst image as submitted. No changes whatsoever
Hello Raffi,
welcome back to this forum with this fine picture of this rare rhino. I like the suggestions that Danny made but personnally, I prefer a more natural background so all I did was take Danny's version and your original background and blend both. I adjusted the levels a little also.
This is just another suggestion for you.
Good luck
Lucie s.c.
This is the edited image with sharpened and added texture to the face of the rhino - please note that the focus was on the face and adding texture or sharpmess did not effect the body in post processing.
Hi, this was one of my frist photos sent for curation and though the statistics show it was very well received and caused curaters to feel happy and amused (who woldn't love that cute face on this creature), it was not selected. I tend to agree that sharpness on the animal's face in the original shot was lacking and it is unfortuante that both eyes were not captured in the shot due to the angle it was taken from (Pls see ehnical details below). If it is acceptable to have this picture with one eye and if I increase the sharpness as in edited photo number 1 , and if I black out the background distraction, would this photo be revived and escape extinction from my gallery ? :) As you know, these wonderful creatures (square lipped rhinos - white rhinos) were at the brink of extinction only a few years ago but luckily die to kajor conservaion efforts in South Africa, they seem to be back!! :)
I truly apprecaite your time and considerations with your critque. I am new to 1X and am finding this crituque extrimely helpful in advancing my photography and post processing techniques. My aim is to slowly start seeing the photos thorugh the eyes of the critics and be able to put my finger on the right pulse as to what is accepted and what isn't. So, I appreciate any helpful comments and feedback. Thank you very much!
Camera Canon EOS6D, Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM, Focal Length 500mm, Shutter Speed 8.97s, ISO 800, Aperture f/4.5, Exposure 1/500
This is the frst image as submitted. No changes whatsoever
Hello Raffi,
welcome back to this forum with this fine picture of this rare rhino. I like the suggestions that Danny made but personnally, I prefer a more natural background so all I did was take Danny's version and your original background and blend both. I adjusted the leves a little also.
This is just another suggestion for you.
Good luck
Lucie s.c.
Hello Lucie,
What a wonderful suggestion. I was going back and forth between the black background and the original natural background. Changing it to black was merely to give the crticis in the forum an option of my edits and it wasn't a final thought yet. I am pleased to read you also don't mind it :)
I am going to work on the edits to sharpen and bring those detailed lines on the face of this cute rhino to life following both Daniel's and your suggestions.
I am forever grateful for all of your suggestions and time and have a great respect for what you do. BTW, I am also enjoying the process of learning from all of your expert input!
Many thanks :)
Raffi,
I agree with Daniel and Lucie that more texture and sharpeness would help the image. I have just a simple suggestion - something to try to see if you like it. A square, 1:1 crop. Square frames give a feeling of solidity and strength, and perhaps the animal will look more powerful when the crop is tight. You wrote that the baby is resting its chin on its Mother's back. I wish there was more of the adult animal showing to make that more apparent.
We an only offer our opinions, ideas and suggestions - you're the photographer, so you make the final composition and editing decisions for the photo's theme and purpose.
Daniel suggested NIK Tonal Contrast for adding texture. My favourite lately is Photoshop's 'Filter>Camera Raw Filter'. In the 'Basic' section of that filter there are sliders for Texture, Clarity, and DeHaze. While you're there you can also change colour, contrast, exposure . . . almost everything. One stop shopping! There's a sharpening tool there too, but we've found that Topaz Sharpen AI usually works better. I sharpened the sample twice - once for the face and then a bit extra for the ears.
. . . . Steven, senior critic
Thanks so much Steven for your insight, I am taking in all the suggestions and so far each one of them has simply improved the photo in every aspect. For this photo, I applied the lightroom's presence tool to play around with the texture, clarity and dehaze which was great but had to resort to Nik tool for extra detail like Daniel suggested. The combination of both seems to work well. I am taking notes of every advice on tools suggested here to apply to future photos as well.
I do like the square look in this photo a lot. I simply hadn't thought of it. In fact, I'd never used the square crop before I don't think. It does work on this one though. I have to dig through my photo sets on these rhinos to get a better photo of the mom and the baby but as I remember it, ther'es only one of this shot that has the baby resting the jaw - the others seem to have other positioning that I may consider for future posts.
Thank you very much for your time !!!
Raffi
Hello, Raffi
Welcome back to our forum. It's a pity that this sweet rhino was not selected. I really like it. However, I like it much better after the dodging and burning, as well as the sharpening of the face. I agree with my friend Lucie about the more natural look. I just want to suggest a slight darkening of the background and the outer parts of the rhino's head. I did this in camera raw. Then again in camera raw I applied the modern filter 6. It is one of Photoshops' presets. You have some rhinos to choose from now. Whichever way you choose, I think you are at a better way. The main difference is in the texture and the sharpening from my point of view. Have good light...Cicek
Hello, Raffi
Welcome back to our forum. It's a pity that this sweet rhino was not selected. I really like it. However, I like it much better after the dodging and burning, as well as the sharpening of the face. I agree with my friend Lucie about the more natural look. I just want to suggest a slight darkening of the background and the outer parts of the rhino's head. I did this in camera raw. Then again in camera raw I applied the modern filter 6. It is one of Photoshops' presets. You have some rhinos to choose from now. Whichever way you choose, I think you are at a better way. The main difference is in the texture and the sharpening from my point of view. Have good light...Cicek
Oh WOW, my cute little Rhino is very popular today. I love this edit - has a very artistic touch to it. it almost has the feel of sepia which I am a great fan of lately. I have a lot to think about here and maybe I can come up with a combination of all suggestions into one if I can achieve such a thing :) ...I do agree that the most important aspect to make this photo better was to emphasise the details by adding texture and some clarity ....
Thanks so much Cicek. I am grateful for your input !
Raffi
