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Description
This young ram was accompanying about eight ewes and four kids out on the East side of Zion NP. They just worked their way right past right under where I was standing and kept right on going.
Specific Feedback
I never got a really good pose from this young ram, and it never even looked up at me as it was walking right past me. I liked the movement of him stepping up the slope in this one.
Technical Details
Canon 7DMii, f8, 1/2500 sec, iso 800, -1 EV, 100-400 lens with 1.4 TC at 140 mm.
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Ed, this is a handsome young fellow. The light was not your friend, but we have to take what nature gives us. I decided to see what I could do using the TK9 plugin in PS to target the bright FG. Here is a screenshot showing my steps. I used the remove tool to clean up some of the foliage and sticks. Then, I created a luminosity mask of the brightest tones in the FG. I desaturated and darkened them. I then used the Camera Raw Filter to open up the shadows on the Ram. Next, I drew a freehand mask and used the vignette action in the TK9 to darken much of the BG. I don’t know what I would do without the Tony Kuyper plugins for PS. I use them on every picture I edit. It gives one so much control. Thanks for posting this wonderful insight into the lives of our mountain goats.
Wow! @Barbara_Djordjevic, thank you for doing this for me. Unfortunately, I don’t have Photoshop. I do have Photoshop Elements and I’m sure it has a lot of the same functionality. I need to learn more about PS and how to use it. I’ve been kind of a dinosaur with software and processing. I really need to evolve out of the dark ages a bit more. @SandyR-B thanks for the resource recommendation. I remember Tony from years ago here at NPN. He does some amazing post processing work.
