This is mine . . .

In your face look at this predator. I like the compiosition and the great eye contact. I have a couple of nits. The first is the vegetation is a little overpowering. I would dial back the saturation a bit, so it's not so overpowering. The second is the Hynea's nose, which is a bit soft. The eyes look pretty sharp, however. Stepping down would have allowwed a wider depth of field. Looks like you had the shutter speed to trade off, since the subject looked stationary. Overall, a very nice capture.

This is so cool, great image mate.

Hey Mario,

Good shot, complete with a nice bit of "ugh" factor!

I like this, and only two really minor nits. First (and I definitely might be wrong on this) - DoF looks just a tiny bit too thin...I love that the eyes through to the ears are in focus, but the tip of the nose looks a little soft (as well as one can determine on images of this size). I get that closing down much more might have caused the background to become a bit of an issue...always compromises.

Second - if this one was mine I think I'd pull back on the greens just a bit - looking kinda "electric" in this shot. I know grass CAN be that green (I run into the hyper-green grass issue all the time in the Great Bear Rainforest), but sometimes images work better with the grasses desaturated a little.

Cheers...

Brad

Great trophy n wonderful frame! I agree with Brad on both the points n may be temped to clone out the flying insects.
Jagdeep Rajput

Excellent capture with great eye reflectivity. My only nit was to also suggest pulling back on the saturation of the greens. Comp works great.
I noticed the insects right away and concluded they tell part of the story, so I think they are an enhancement.

The detail that shows in the larger version is top shelf. A great nature story. I would be seriously tempted to take out the two insects flying to the left of his head. The average viewer will think they are dust spots.

Thanks for all the feedback …. I hear what you all agree on with regards to the shallow DOF and the softness on the nose. I wanted to keep an OOF background and couldn't move away from the carcass so had to make the best out of the situation. Could have changed to my other camera with a shorter lens ….. :roll eyes: The flies have to stay …. at least I got rid of the smell

Hey Mario,

On the soft nose - you know...I run into this ALL the time with bear portraits. You may have already done this on this shot, but what works for me is focusing half-way between the nose and the eyes (on the bridge of the nose - rather than on the eyes). There's a common misconception out there at DoF is split with 1/3 in front of the focal point and 2/3 behind - that's only true on short focal length lenses. Even by about 250mm DoF is split 50:50, so placing focal point half-way between the two points you want sharp (assuming adequate DoF) is often the best tactic. Seems like a little thing, but can make a big difference when picky photographers are critiquing your images!

Cheers...

Brad

PS: I totally agree with keeping the flies - but thanks for filtering out the smell!

Hello Mario

Quite a Stinker here! :)

Well done, I agree about keeping the flies as Lon pointed out:) The focus works for me! Great sharpness & detail where it really matters (Eyes to ears) the mouth full of debris , doesn't require the focus to get your Image Impact!

Thanks for sharing

Bill

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Wow! Amazing capture! I love the green background and how the leg is completely horizontal. I think this helps with the composition too.