Shooting through some foreground vegetation makes for some softening above and below the one eye. The highlights in the vegetation above and to the right of the roo are not blown, but tend to move into clipped territory with my preferred processing.
For those so inclined, have a play. A monochrome treatment? A square crop?
Such a beutiful animal — and a lovely shot. Wildlife photography is something I’ve not tried; living in the city, the only ‘wildlife’ I get to see are Saturday-night night-club goers (and what a seriously wild bunch they are).
Sad storry (get your hankercheifs ready): I once had a dog that I loved with all my heart. She became ill. When she was near the end, I let her out into yard for the last time. It was a beutiful day, and she sat there, looking around for the last time — and it was as if she KNEW it would be the last time. I snapped a picture of her — her beutiful little face. To this day, I can’t bring myself to look at that photo.
Animals are amazing, and it’s so nice to see everyone’s fantastic images on here.
“Picnic at Hanging Rock” treatment for the image if you remember that film. The whole film was shot through a lens covered by nylon stockings to give an ethereal glow to image. 2023-07-16_13-53-51.21_DSC5907.nef.xmp (12.5 KB)
Very sad story … thanks for sharing. A cliche that nevertheless has some value: “Better to have loved and lost, then never to have loved at all.” I hope you can still find joy in the memories, and maybe in the pictures before that last one.
Mostly I like the original best but that green tinge between the ears is bothersome, and most of these versions accentuate it making the roo appear to be evolving into Treebeard. Yours doesn’t and has a strong impressionistic feel I like.
