Winter Coyote

Love the low, low perspective and the airborne snow crystals!

love the Perspective. I would take this over a jump shot any day, it has character.

The intense look in the coyote's eyes, the spray of snow, the low angle of the shot are all superb, Joseph. But, I might crop out the bottom 1" or so as it adds nothing to the image, imo.

What a great shot! You have captured essance of coyote. Thanks for shareing!

Hay Joseph

I think this is a brilliant image, shows the character of the animal. I would be delighted with a image like this

Ron

Superb image Joseph! love the low angle, the slight head turn, the uplifted paw and the flying snow! Only minor nit I have that in the larger version you can cleary see some noise because of the brightening up in photoshop . Brightening an image always brings out noise, it's better to overexpose and then bring it back, but be carefull not to burn out the highlights (which is difficult with snow!).

Just a tip, love the image!

HI Joseph,

First thing I want to say - thanks for jumping into the fray and commenting on so many images in such a short time! Many new members are (understandably) hesitant to do so, but it's refreshing to see someone jump right in! Thanks.

The image - like it! I agree that this image shows the character well - touches on the "essence of coyote". Love both the raised paw and the head tilt and look on the coyote's face. I like the positioning of the coyote in the frame and if you are tempted to remove some foreground (as per one suggestion above), I'd personally only take a small amount off (if any at all). Just a personal preference thing...and as posted it works quite well for me...

To be honest, even tho' you've significantly brightened up the image, I think it could use a touch more as it still looks slightly underexposed. Jorne had a good point about any more brightening would mean an increase in noise - so going any lighter (if you choose to do so) may mean you have to do some noise reduction too.

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad

Intense! I really like this image Joseph. Very well done!

Cool image. I love the foot action and the snow splashing up. Nice capture.
Kathy

Hey Joseph,
Another fine image!
I agree with brad that it could tolerate a little more brightening. There seems to be enough texture in the snow to bring it up slightly. I think that would also intensify those beautiful eyes.

Cheers!
Neil

Nice photo! I really like the body position, and the flying snow. I also like the eyes. I have been trying to get a good coyote image for a while, I know how tough it can be to get a shot like this.

Great Job!