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from tdudziak/Ted (1,517)  
on May 28, 2012 9:17:08 AM CDT
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Sun, I like the way you used the sun inside the feature. Looking at the sun I would assume that you had the aperature at a high number and maybe some ND filtering. One tne thing you could do is to lower the aperture a bit to give the sun some flare around the feature. Camera Raw can also be used to bring out the detail in the shadows. Your D700 should have enough dynamic range to give some additional detail in the shadows. Ted
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from buckwheat/Marc (670)
on May 28, 2012 3:33:04 AM CDT
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Hi Wize - agree with the poster below, the backlighting of this subject did not help your cause. But a great opportunity presented itself, and you took it - which is exactly what you are supposed to do. I like the abstract feel of the shot, but in order for it to produce the result you wanted, it needs some lighting from the front. Considering the lens you used, I'm sure you weren't close enough to use a flash. Thanks for sharing
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from samhu/Samhu (198)
on May 27, 2012 9:43:09 PM CDT
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A well spotted opportunity, though a bit sabotaged by being entirely backlit, which results in the poor contrast and weak colours in the main subject. The condition of it (not under your control) might have contributed to this issue too. I might have tried other positions to the sun, like the clear space below where it is now, at the tip of the main "tusk", in the semi-enclosed space formed by this tusk's curve and the first winglet, or to the left of object. I would also crop away the distraction at the bottom left by cropping the bottom of the photo. If you didn't want the crop to break the continuity of the lower curve, a bit broken anyway by muck, you could rotate the image anti-clockwise a little first. Finally, a solution to the muted contrast and pale colours - if you were close enough, fill flash or reflector light would have been a saviour. Hope all this is useful. Thanks for sharing.
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