Hedgehog

[hayley.price]

okay so these are quite possibly the best pictures i have taken to date maybe not technically wise but subject timing picture wise.

these were taken on my nikon d5100, with 50mm lens
the first ones settings where

• ƒ/1.8

• 1/250

• ISO 800

and the second shot is

• ƒ/2.0

• 50.0 mm

• 1/200

• 800

i would love to know what you think thank you


hedgehog by Aralia photos, on Flickr

hedgehog by Aralia photos, on Flickr

 

[Carlh]

Very cute. Get them off to your local newspaper, they'd love something like this

 

[Deleted member 34016]

lovely little thing, would have benefited from a larger DOF maybe f4 or f5.6 to get more of the Hedgehog in focus

Just my opinion

Les

 

[hayley.price]

Thanks I was lossing the light so it was raise the ISO or open the aperture so I went with open the aperture

 

[JakeT1992]

Nice - I think they're lacking something to make them really pop though.
Sadly I don't know what it is. I'd change the wb though, it looks too purple.

 

[hayley.price]

I did think It was missing something but I couldn't figure it out myself lol

 

[Deleted member 34016]

Thanks I was lossing the light so it was raise the ISO or open the aperture so I went with open the aperture

Upping ISO could have resulted in a noisy image- so I guess you made the right decision

Les

 

[hayley.price]

Upping ISO could have resulted in a noisy image- so I guess you made the right decision

Les

Thank you

 

[Deleted member 34016]

Nice - I think they're lacking something to make them really pop though.
Sadly I don't know what it is. I'd change the wb though, it looks too purple.

I agree or crop, slight sharpen and go Mono

like this-


14944358909_896ff70043_b by lesmoxonphotography, on Flickr


Les

 

[hayley.price]

I'm not a big fan on mono shoots but thank you

 

[TheBigYin]

I definitely agree on the colour balance problems, but nothing that can't be easily fixed...

Just had a very quick look at one of them...

very quick and dirty edit in CS5 - a couple of adjustment layers...

Colour Balance (Midtones - cyan/red -8, magenta/green +19, yellow/blue -3)

followed by

Vibrance Adjust ( Vibrance +20, Saturation +9)

 

[BRASH]

Much, much better with the magenta cast removed.

 

[hayley.price]

Thank you will change them

 

[TheBigYin]

Thank you will change them

don't take the figures as gospel, have a little play around with them and see what looks natural / as it was when you shot it... I wasn't there (and I'm a little red/green colourblind so possibly not the best person to be doing these edits) but thought if I could point you in the right direction...

 

[coopers]

The edited version of #1 for me,focus is spot on with the narrow depth of field you got.
Clive