Jaguar - Philly Zoo

[TheSonofDarwin]

I really thought the high ISO would kill this image, but I'm satisfied. Any suggestions for improvement would be great. I didn't do any noise reduction, and although I'm sure it's there I can't see it on my monitor without peeping.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3275/2883756368_5b7c55c1a2_o.jpg

[ZekaG]

Looks good to me :-)

[hecster]

nice sharpness. however, i would bump up the exposure just a tad to brighten it up.

[TheSonofDarwin]

nice sharpness. however, i would bump up the exposure just a tad to brighten it up.

I like the darkground darker, but I did boost the exposure of the animal and like it better I think. Not drastic, but it stands out a bit more.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3014/2883070363_67862c6976_o.jpg

[hecster]

much better! :D

[chomish]

Very nice, and what a beautiful animal.

[swampler]

Looks way, way too blue to me. Here it is with white balance corrected (and a touch of sharpening)...

http://lh4.ggpht.com/stephen.wampler/SNmLWBl-O7I/AAAAAAAAfz0/mJyV3aIqVmM/s800/jaguar.jpg

[TheSonofDarwin]

Wow, I cannot believe I didn't see the blue hue. I'm losing it :lol:

I adjusted my second post above to reflect the change. I didn't apply the sharpening though as I'm happy with the unsharpened image.

[swampler]

Wow, I cannot believe I didn't see the blue hue. I'm losing it :lol:

I adjusted my second post above to reflect the change. I didn't apply the sharpening though as I'm happy with the unsharpened image.
Yours still looks a tad blue to me (look at the white fur), but much improved. I used the clidk WB in lightroom on my version on the white fur.

[TheSonofDarwin]

Yours still looks a tad blue to me (look at the white fur), but much improved. I used the clidk WB in lightroom on my version on the white fur.

Yeah I didn't use that fur as the white balance. It looks unnatural since the jaguar didn't have white white fur down :confused:

My original post looks exactly like how the cat looked at the zoo because of lack of sunlight. Yours looks like a freshly bathed cat :D. I tried to go somewhere in between of natural and ideal.

[swampler]

Good point. Nice job on the cat!

[Croasdail]

I would go tighter... background doesn't add that much. I would take some off the top and go to a traditional 8x10 form factor. The upper area isn't adding anything.