This shot was taken near Thornley woodlands center in a bird hide. This cheeky fox was digging for something. When he heard my mirror slapping on the camera he looked up and I got a nice moment of him looking straight at me! Shot was taken using a Sigma 100-300mm f/4 EX lens with a 2x teleconverter making 600mm focal length (and it still wasnt enough!).
The original photo can be viewed here and an intermediate photo here
The out of focus leaves in the forgeground were very distracting so I used the clone tool to get rid of most of them but the colours were a little off so a mixture of burn and sponge were used to correct this. Finally an added vignette effect was added to give the shot a more candid feel.
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This shot was taken near Thornley woodlands center in a bird hide. This cheeky fox was digging for something. When he heard my mirror slapping on the camera he looked up and I got a nice moment of him looking straight at me! Shot was taken using a Sigma 100-300mm f/4 EX lens with a 2x teleconverter making 600mm focal length (and it still wasnt enough!).
The first thing to do was to get the white balance corrected to get rid of the blue hue. Then a play around with the exposure levels and a touch of highlight recovery helped take away the brightness of the sun on the breast of the fox. A square crop was chosen too.
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This is the actual photo I took without any processing at all. The shot was taken near Thornley woodlands center in a bird hide. This cheeky fox was digging for something. When he heard my mirror slapping on the camera he looked up and I got a nice moment of him looking straight at me! Shot was taken using a Sigma 100-300mm f/4 EX lens with a 2x teleconverter making 600mm focal length (and it still wasnt enough!).
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This swan started to open its wings as if he was giving out a big hug! I liked the reflections on the water but there is also a nice effect under the swans wings where the sun is reflected off the water and making a ripple effect under the wing.
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