Before and After C&C

[Kathryn4629]

Here we go again I would love some input on what I have done with this picture. Picture is of a young fox last spring on San Juan island, WA. Taken with a Nikon P90. Please excuse my silly questions, I am learning Editing done with CS5.

*Are the colors to bold after editing? What should I do differently?
*How to crop this according to the rule of thirds, I just cant seem to make it work.
*Any other input more than welcome!!!

#1 Original

#2 After

 

[Nod]

The top photo needs a little darkening and contrast. The fox shouldn't be in the center of the shot, crop it to either side, if you had knelt down you would have less of the background in the photo and still have the tree line. The bottom one has the same problem with the fox dead center and while it is sharper, it needs a little more background. You do have the rule of thirds in the top one, but not perfect but that's hard to do every time. All in all, not a bad shot.

 

[Kathryn4629]

The top photo needs a little darkening and contrast. The fox shouldn't be in the center of the shot, crop it to either side, if you had knelt down you would have less of the background in the photo and still have the tree line. The bottom one has the same problem with the fox dead center and while it is sharper, it needs a little more background. You do have the rule of thirds in the top one, but not perfect but that's hard to do every time. All in all, not a bad shot.

Thanks for the input! You really put into words what I was thinking (how to crop into "rule of thirds") I will keep playing with it

 

[Derrel]

The edited photo's colors look spectacular.

 

[ayeelkay]

I agree with both Nod and Derrel. The colors in the second photo are absolutely beautiful, I just would not have centered the fox. Great editing, you took a rather bland shot and made it very interesting to the eye.

 

[doziergraphic]

The way the fence intersects itself on the left makes it an easy crop. Cut off just behind the tail (where you did) and leave most of the shot in tact to the left (as a horizontal).

The general rule, as explained by those that know better, is to 'give' the animal a natural path out of the photo (headed to the left in this case.) It doesn't need the room at the top to leap straight up, as you've cropped it, but room to 'take off and run' to the left.

 

[Kathryn4629]

The way the fence intersects itself on the left makes it an easy crop. Cut off just behind the tail (where you did) and leave most of the shot in tact to the left (as a horizontal).

The general rule, as explained by those that know better, is to 'give' the animal a natural path out of the photo (headed to the left in this case.) It doesn't need the room at the top to leap straight up, as you've cropped it, but room to 'take off and run' to the left.

Ok so I tried to redo the crop with your suggestion. I still cropped out the sky, it just seemed to take away from the grass colors.

here goes..

 

[SageMark]

I think the pp is alittle over the top (mostly the greens). Neat photo, wicked fox, nice capture. Thanks.

 

[KmH]

You want to crop so the fox has room to move into the photo, and being the main subject you want the fox on or near a ROT power point:

Where the lines cross are the power points. The top horizontal ROT line is also known as the 'eye' line.

 

[RauschPhotography]

The edited shot looks wonderful!

 

[NikonNewbie]

Wow, I've never seen a fox that looks like that! it looks like the monkey from the movie "Dinosaur" ...it almost looks fake.
cool! :thumbup:

 

[Kathryn4629]

Wow, I've never seen a fox that looks like that! it looks like the monkey from the movie "Dinosaur" ...it almost looks fake.
cool! :thumbup:

The fox looks so funny because it is going through the awkward stage between the "baby" fur and adult fur. Its an awkward teenager