Howard Frank
November 2024 - Camouflaged Jaguar
About the Image(s)
I found this fine creature at Porto Jofre at the Pantanal in Brazil. It was walking through the bush and hard to spot at first. Taken with my Nikon Z9 and 80 to 400 lens at 1/1600, F8 and ISO 800. Processed with Pure Raw 4 and Lightroom.
1 comment posted
Good image of the cat. I don't think you need all the vegetation. I would crop in about half of what's there on the bottom and half of the top.
I would try using layers to darken the background and make it stand out more. I would also try brightening the eyes a tad.
In did those things in this version. I also darkened some of the brighter underbrush, desaturated the greens a l ittle and brightened the white on the animal's muzzle and head. Just suggestions for trying to make it pop
i think I'd experiment with which cropping looks best
Posted: 11/16/2024 20:43:53
I would try using layers to darken the background and make it stand out more. I would also try brightening the eyes a tad.
In did those things in this version. I also darkened some of the brighter underbrush, desaturated the greens a l ittle and brightened the white on the animal's muzzle and head. Just suggestions for trying to make it pop
i think I'd experiment with which cropping looks best
Posted: 11/16/2024 20:43:53