Lone Coyote of the North

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This image was captured on a recent trip to Yellowstone National Park. The coyotes were very active and this little guy walked right by me letting me capture this portrait of him.

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I would look at slightly increasing the overall contrast. Fine subject, and capture. Yessir.

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Hi, Matt - this is a nice catch! It’s very tight in the frame, though.
I’d personally back off a lot so there is more room on the top and left.
I’d also suggest decreasing the brightness of the snow and the sky, as well as increasing contrast a bit.
A really nce image deserving a bit more work.

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Ditto what @SandyR-B said.

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I’m with Sandy and Jagdeep on this one. Is it a crop? That would make it possible to make that less tight. If the snow was not overexposed in the RAW file, then I would rework it so you can still see a bit of detail. Other than that, it’s a nice shot of a beautiful animal. I love the look in its eyes and the snow flaks on its nose :smiling_face: