Jacob Wat
March 2025 - Red Squirrel
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I am sorry this email is late. I received a new job in a different state and had to find an apartment for my new job and just signed the lease. Here is my attached email.
For this month I found a squirrel that appeared to have no fear of people so I tried to branch out into animal photography. I had a few issues with getting close enough to photograph the animal but I was able to get a few shots with the head in focus. The photos were taken around 2 pm on a cloudy day so the lighting was okay but not great. For editing I tried to do the bare essentials and focus on the subject. So I cropped the photo and then worked a bit on color and texture to try and bring the squirrel more into focus. Any tips would be greatly appreciated especially as photographing animals is a bit out of my expertise.
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I took your picture into camera raw. Selected the sky. Reduced exposure and highlights in the sky only. Back in photoshop I cropped to concentrate on the animal and had to do some cloning to get rid of the branches and ghosting around the subject. Posted: 03/08/2025 11:05:46
I agree with the comments above. The background is very bright and the squirrel too dark. Backlit images are always tricky. One could overexpose or use a « fill flash ». With a telephoto lens, one could also frame the animal tightly, so the bright surrounding is not affecting as much the exposure.
Posted: 03/10/2025 19:59:19