The light is really nice and their expressions. ... I wouldn't change
the grass... I'd take more off the top of the photo if I were using the
tight crop... but for a nit I wish the bottom of the hairs on _his_
chinychinchin were not cut off... guessing there was something in the
extreme foreground you wanted not to be there.
I like that zoo... We were there in 1987 in October... I had just fallen
on the grounds of Duke University a day before and got a nasty sprain..
so Richard was pushing me around the zoo in a wheel chair.... still, we
enjoyed it quite a lot.
ann
IIJohn Sessoms wrote:
My nature photography group is having an exhibition, and I'm
considering this image for the show. Four slightly different versions
of the same image. This was my second outing with the K20D and is also
an example of the kind of images possible with the notorious "Bigma" -
Sigma 50-500.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/4458039806
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/4457262217
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/4458038850
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/4458038552
They are in order: Brown grass, Green grass, Crop, B&W.
I used the color replacement tool to brown the grass and make it look
more "natural", but am not quite easy with the "ethics" of that.
The grass in the lion enclosure at the NC Zoo is BRIGHT green, doesn't
really evoke the natural habitat. It's really garish to my eye.
I used an 8x10 crop to get a more intimate image. This is my preferred
image.
Finally I included a B&W conversion to finesse the grass color
question. Which brings up a question, why is B&W conversion acceptable
and re-painting bright green grass brown is dodgy?
I invite your comments.
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