Don York  


Untitled by Don York

July 2024 - Untitled

About the Image(s)

"Wild Dog of Africa". The image was taken in a Wolf Game Preserve in Missouri with my Sony Alpha 7 M2 at 1/320 sec, f6.3 at ISO 800.

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5 comments posted




Stan Bormann   Stan Bormann
Good action with both a front and hind leg off the ground. Good composition, well positioned in the frame. It seemed a little noisy when I zoomed in, I find this can be a problem after my monochrome conversions and try to check and perhaps back off on a slider or two or use the modern tools to take out the noise.   Posted: 07/17/2024 21:46:22



Chris Prior   Chris Prior
The animal is in a good position and fills the frame nicely while still allowing some space all around, especially so on the left leaving it room to move into. The large expanse of black on the neck is devoid of detail and so does'nt look right in a distracting manner. Some more contrast would not go astray.   Posted: 07/19/2024 08:05:22



John Roach   John Roach
I find the wild dog isn't separated from the background sufficiently and the contrast has a blotchy effect. I have NO clue about how you post processed the image. It looks to me that it needs a lot of attention in that area. The composition works, though.   Posted: 07/19/2024 17:49:21



Jerry Snyder   Jerry Snyder
I like the gesture of the dog that shows its intense focus. the raised paws five a suggestion of movement. I would like to have seen the dog in better focus and some panning motion blur to blur the background.   Posted: 07/22/2024 00:07:21



Stuart Ord   Stuart Ord
I guess I concur with the previous comments, and I think this is a good rendition of what you saw.

As suggested, some post processing to liven it up might make it more of a picture. Getting some detail in the black neck and ears would be easy if you used RAW, and then the background could be darkened to make the dog stand out more. I'm happy with the composition, and maybe a bit of Gaussian blur on the moving limbs might add to the movement.   Posted: 07/25/2024 19:32:47