Bison Animalscape

Jerry,
I like the overall concept of this one, but on my monitor the colours seem a little off. I think a little less blue and magenta would help plus perhaps a little more contrast.

A nice, moody image and good comp here Jerry, a bit more contrast for the bull in particular would help I think.

Hello Jerry

Well done to capture this guy , overlooking the scene.

as other mentioned , maybe revisit with colours and contrast in mind

Bill

Jerry - I REALLY like this bison-scape. The textures and tones of the foreground hillside are wonderful, the bison is impressive and his pose and stare intriguing, the layers and comp are excellent. I do agree the bison itself appears to need some additional tweaks in processing...he has a bit of a "hazy" look that would be greatly improved with more mid-tone or middle-darks contrast (the darkest shadows are already looking pretty blocked so I would not try a general contrast adjustment on him without masking those areas out...I'm sure you have your own approach to such, so I'm just suggesting the image is worth revisiting in that area).

You know I have a clear preference of panos whenever I can find an excuse for that format, and I do have to say this image looks pretty amazing (and markedly different) by cropping the brighter sky section off the top. I wouldn't say that would necessarily be a definite improvement as much as suggesting you try it and see which you like better.

I'm still sticking with my opening statement: I really like this bison-scape!

Made some contrast and color adjustments to the bull. Improvement?

Regarding color and contrast....I much prefer the original as posted! I feel it has a moodiness and sense of atmosphere that is not untrue.

My eye was drawn to the bulls posture, with all four feet leaning backward, making me think he might fall on his face! Actually, I think you can make a pretty strong clockwise rotation, judging on the point of his shoulder and the stationary front feet. You could also use the trees on the background left, which are all leaning similarly. My only real nit is the brightness of the sky. Hopefully it is not totally blown so you could lower brightness and bring as much color out as possible.