Need Help with this Photo
Nov 19, 2019 15:32:17 #
I took this photo of a Mexican Red Wolf several years ago at an animal preserve in Southern California. This beautiful animal blends into his/her surroundings. It was a "hurry-up" shot, as I didn't want to move and scare him off. Hence the "camouflage" between the subject and the camera. I don't want to try to remove some of the vegetation with PP and risk ruining the shot. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Nov 19, 2019 15:37:17 #
mffox wrote:
I took this photo of a Mexican Red Wolf several years ago at an animal preserve in Southern California. This beautiful animal blends into his/her surroundings. It was a "hurry-up" shot, as I didn't want to move and scare him off. Hence the "camouflage" between the subject and the camera. I don't want to try to remove some of the vegetation with PP and risk ruining the shot. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Too far out of focus to do much with this image!!! Sorry!
Nov 19, 2019 15:39:36 #
mffox wrote:
I took this photo of a Mexican Red Wolf several years ago at an animal preserve in Southern California. This beautiful animal blends into his/her surroundings. It was a "hurry-up" shot, as I didn't want to move and scare him off. Hence the "camouflage" between the subject and the camera. I don't want to try to remove some of the vegetation with PP and risk ruining the shot. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Crop to your liking
Sharpen image with Topaz AI
Nov 19, 2019 15:41:21 #
Nov 19, 2019 15:41:34 #
One idea would be white balance. You didn't say what software you have but the white of the coat might be a good neutral to pick up with an eyedropper tool to adjust. The download on my monitor has a different color cast than the thumbnail.
Nov 19, 2019 15:43:10 #
geezer76 wrote:
Too far out of focus to do much with this image!!! Sorry!
It looks to me more like camera motion than out of focus, but not worth doing much to try and save it.
Nov 19, 2019 15:43:34 #
RJWagons
Loc: Lake Ridge Virginia
Just be sure to save your original before trying to make changes. As mentioned already, a great memory shot.
Nov 19, 2019 15:47:25 #
mffox wrote:
I took this photo of a Mexican Red Wolf several years ago at an animal preserve in Southern California. This beautiful animal blends into his/her surroundings. It was a "hurry-up" shot, as I didn't want to move and scare him off. Hence the "camouflage" between the subject and the camera. I don't want to try to remove some of the vegetation with PP and risk ruining the shot. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
This was about 30seconds in Photos (a Mac program). This was the first time I have edited in photos (I usually use Lightroom and then Photoshop if necessary). The was just a little color tweaking, adding a little contrast, and a little sharpening.
It's an interesting photo, composition is OK but woud be better is the wolf was further to the right. Focus is off a little.
Hey it was fun to try.
Nov 19, 2019 16:10:53 #
The UHH forum has a separate “Photo Analysis” section where experienced members will make specific suggestions about any issues regarding a particular photo. You can temporarily subscribe to that section as you would any other.
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/s-20-1.html
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/s-20-1.html
Nov 19, 2019 16:43:31 #
[quote=JohnSwanda]It looks to me more like camera motion than out of focus, but not worth doing much to try and save it.[/quote
Agree. Enjoy the memory.
Agree. Enjoy the memory.
Nov 19, 2019 16:51:23 #
rjaywallace wrote:
Admin runs that section and regularly moves topics from there to either Photo Gallery or main discussion. There is a guidelines doc, but hard to figure out sometimes why something stays and something else doesn't. If the question was, "Why is this image blurry?" it would have a better chance of qualifying for "Analysis" I think The UHH forum has a separate “Photo Analysis” section...
The PP Forum might be a better fit, but For Your Consideration and Gallery (and of course main discussion) will find folks willing to tinker or offer pp advice.
The difference between thumbnail and download has to do with color space. For web, one should use sRGB.
Mark, I think you should leave all the vegetation as-is. It looks very natural, and as you said, stresses how the wolf can blend into its environment. I haven't tried the Topaz products advertised for sharpening, but I've seen results I wouldn't have expected to look as good as they did.
Nov 19, 2019 17:54:04 #
Nov 19, 2019 17:55:40 #
mffox wrote:
I took this photo of a Mexican Red Wolf several years ago at an animal preserve in Southern California. This beautiful animal blends into his/her surroundings. It was a "hurry-up" shot, as I didn't want to move and scare him off. Hence the "camouflage" between the subject and the camera. I don't want to try to remove some of the vegetation with PP and risk ruining the shot. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
The color is way off. It's yellow. First thing I would do would be to make "white", white, as other have suggested.
...Cam
Nov 19, 2019 21:06:50 #
kmpankopf
Loc: Mid-Michigan; SW Pennsylvania
Like Larry, I had to give it a try. Mix of Topaz stuff - Sharp and Clear. Lighting was tough for me, the download file color had very bad color to it.
It is very nice capture.
It is very nice capture.
Nov 19, 2019 22:34:36 #
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