Gallery: WildlifePosted February 16, 201476 views4 comments
A small gator found sunbathing on the bank of a swamp at Orlando Wetlands.
Samsung NX20
200mm
1/1250 secs
f/5.6
ISO 200
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4 comments
Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on February 16, 2014 at 10:07 PM
Hope you had a long lens. I wouldn't want to run into one of these just holding a small camera with a wide angle lens. The image showcases your subject nicely and the environment surrounding him. There seems to be a grainy effect over the image which reduces the sharpness which might have been done in post processing. Thanks for posting.
Registered on March 23, 2006, 1111 Posts, 6531 Comments
Comment posted by John Launstein on February 16, 2014 at 11:10 PM
Hi Addison and welcome to NPN and the Wildlife Gallery! I clicked through to this one right away, in part because I'm excited to be returning to Florida next week and bringing my two photographer daughters with me...one of whom has never seen a gator in the wild (something I hope to correct in short order!).
This is a great look on this gator and I LOVE all the algae or whatever flora is all over him and the surface of the water. I think what Patricia is referring to as a grainy look is possibly just highly sharpened fine detail that is present throughout the image. I am wondering if you formatted this picture and sharpened it at 720px or a larger size and relied on the website to downsize...I've recently started just uploading the 1200px "larger version" file and taking advantage of NPN's downsizing for the main post, but generally speaking you can achieve better results sharpening for specific output, and images with fine detail throughout like this can benefit from this.
Speaking of the image, you did a great job with what seems to be fairly harsh midday(?) light, and I love the eye and the space you've left in front of him to "move into."
It's up to you, but if you choose to indicate your settings in your post, that can help some of the members here to make suggestions (or give props on your choice of settings).
Anyway, nice image of a great-looking gator. Looking forward to seeing more from you in the future!
Registered on April 5, 2011, 223 Posts, 1193 Comments
Comment posted by Addison Maples on February 17, 2014 at 12:30 AM
I just re-sized it through Lightroom 5 and tried sharpening it for screen viewing. The original RAW is 5900 x 3600. One thing I tend to overdue is the vibrant setting which I've noticed can cause particles to show up. I'm still learning how to process photos correctly. Thinks for all of the tips however!
Registered on February 16, 2014, 10 Posts, 7 Comments
Comment posted by Brad Hill on February 18, 2014 at 1:19 PM
Hi Addison,
And here's another welcome to the NPN Wildlife Gallery. Nice first post - hoping to see more from you soon.
John covered much of what I was thinking about this shot, so I won't repeat it. On the re-post - it seems to have gone darker as well - which is odd if all you did was re-size it and sharpen it differently. Due to this I think I prefer the original post over the re-post.
Cheers - and thanks for sharing this one.
Brad
Registered on May 29, 2007, 431 Posts, 6061 Comments
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4 commentsThis is a great look on this gator and I LOVE all the algae or whatever flora is all over him and the surface of the water. I think what Patricia is referring to as a grainy look is possibly just highly sharpened fine detail that is present throughout the image. I am wondering if you formatted this picture and sharpened it at 720px or a larger size and relied on the website to downsize...I've recently started just uploading the 1200px "larger version" file and taking advantage of NPN's downsizing for the main post, but generally speaking you can achieve better results sharpening for specific output, and images with fine detail throughout like this can benefit from this.
Speaking of the image, you did a great job with what seems to be fairly harsh midday(?) light, and I love the eye and the space you've left in front of him to "move into."
It's up to you, but if you choose to indicate your settings in your post, that can help some of the members here to make suggestions (or give props on your choice of settings).
Anyway, nice image of a great-looking gator. Looking forward to seeing more from you in the future!
And here's another welcome to the NPN Wildlife Gallery. Nice first post - hoping to see more from you soon.
John covered much of what I was thinking about this shot, so I won't repeat it. On the re-post - it seems to have gone darker as well - which is odd if all you did was re-size it and sharpen it differently. Due to this I think I prefer the original post over the re-post.
Cheers - and thanks for sharing this one.
Brad