Wild Snow on Nose

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• 19 Dec 2020

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Unlike the Greys, the Reds are active throughout the winter season. They acquire a thicker winter coat with the adorable trademark ear tufts. This individual was rummaging for some buried hazelnuts. In the process, he dipped his nose into the snow and looked rather funny. This was a quick shot when he momentarily paused for my camera.

 

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That's a cracker

 

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• 19 Dec 2020

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Great shot, almost looks as if it’s in the studio.

 

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• 19 Dec 2020

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Brilliant shot

 

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• 19 Dec 2020

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Really nice.

 

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• 20 Dec 2020

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Another one for a Christmas card company, perhaps?

Not this winter, presumably....?

 

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• 20 Dec 2020

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Excellent. Well captured.

 

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• 20 Dec 2020

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Pity about the blown highlights.

 

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• 20 Dec 2020

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Excellent shot dragonfly nicely captured

Coho-Blue

 

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• 20 Dec 2020

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very nice, and lovely creatures they are too. I'd maybe dial the whites back a tad. Captivating image.

 

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• 20 Dec 2020

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arclight said:

Pity about the blown highlights.

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Dale. said:

very nice, and lovely creatures they are too. I'd maybe dial the whites back a tad. Captivating image.

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The whites did look blown but I assure you at no point did the histogram indicated that this was the case.

I have reduced the highlight + exposure a bit and reposted above - see what you think.

 

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• 20 Dec 2020

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dragonfly said:

The whites did look blown but I assure you at no point did the histogram indicated that this was the case.

I have reduced the highlight + exposure a bit and reposted above - see what you think.

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I think it's just quite a bright image, on my monitor, nothing looks blown as such, it's just quite bright and I think there's plenty of leeway to reign the whites in. It's a taste thing though and I'm speaking subjectively of course. Snow is difficult, it should be white in most cases and pulling it back too much causes it to go grey or that horrible bluey way, it's a fine balance.

 

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Dale. said:

I think it's just quite a bright image, on my monitor, nothing looks blown as such, it's just quite bright and I think there's plenty of leeway to reign the whites in. It's a taste thing though and I'm speaking subjectively of course. Snow is difficult, it should be white in most cases and pulling it back too much causes it to go grey or that horrible bluey way, it's a fine balance.

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I accept that we're all looking through different monitors and so the brightness will vary. There really wasn't much details in the white snow, and shooting at wider aperture at close range meant that some of it near the front is even softer.