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by EdGhoti

Comment by macrothing:

Originally posted by EdGhoti: ...I understand what you mean and I had rotated it from the original angle, as you'll see it looked like he was walking downhill but it was all in fact flat.

Yes - looked at the original. As I said, it was fairly minor and just a 'nit-pick' purely for the aim of (trying to help) gain 'perfection' (which does not mean everything in the image is 'perfect' - if that makes sense, and just my opinion).

Originally posted by EdGhoti: ... I think the majority of us are here to improve and that can only be accomplished through the criticism of our peers and I certainly appreciate your taking the time to illustrate exactly what you meant.

One of the reasons I joined DPC - but an 'icon' indicating those like that amongst DPC, sure would be good. And, you're welcome. It helps me learn too.

Originally posted by EdGhoti: I wasn't sure how to post a picture to the post so I added the original to my portfolio, so you could see what I had to work with (How did you post the image to your post?).

If you don't want the image to appear in your Portfolio, upload it into your Workshop. To get a thumbnail to appear you can use one of the icons in the comment box or just manually put the code in: [thumb]image number here[/thumb] ([thumb]466389 [/thumb] without the space).

Then the thumb is clickable and opens in a new window.

edit:wording/formatting

Message edited by author 2007-02-11 14:27:36.

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by EdGhoti

Comment by EdGhoti:

Originally posted by macrothing: Originally posted by EdGhoti: ... I am hoping you will explain what you meant and how this might be accomplished... First and foremost, I am no 'expert' in photography, nor in post processing, secondly it is fairly minor, but something that always gets my attention - the hyena looks like it is either walking down a slope (which it could be), or the perspective of the image creates that 'illusion' OR, the photo does need 'straightening'. Sometimes just a nudge rotate will fix this (and then obviously a recrop), however due to the grass blades and earth 'lines', they can then become skewed - hence sometimes a perspective correction is used. I tried a rotate of this and also a perspective fix, posting a version here for you to see what I mean. I do however sometimes get myself in trouble for doing this, and indeed making such a comment/observation - and yes, sometimes I am wrong. Sometimes it is just a visual thing. Anyway, here is the image after a (bad) perspective fix:

Thank you for your comment.

I understand what you mean and I had rotated it from the original angle, as you'll see it looked like he was walking downhill but it was all in fact flat.

Not sure why you would get in trouble, I think the majority of us are here to improve and that can only be accomplished through the criticism of our peers and I certainly appreciate your taking the time to illustrate exactly what you meant.

I wasn't sure how to post a picture to the post so I added the original to my portfolio, so you could see what I had to work with (How did you post the image to your post?).

Thanks again, all the best,
Ed

Original

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by EdGhoti

Comment by macrothing:

Originally posted by EdGhoti: ... I am hoping you will explain what you meant and how this might be accomplished...

First and foremost, I am no 'expert' in photography, nor in post processing, secondly it is fairly minor, but something that always gets my attention - the hyena looks like it is either walking down a slope (which it could be), or the perspective of the image creates that 'illusion' OR, the photo does need 'straightening'. Sometimes just a nudge rotate will fix this (and then obviously a recrop), however due to the grass blades and earth 'lines', they can then become skewed - hence sometimes a perspective correction is used.

I tried a rotate of this and also a perspective fix, posting a version here for you to see what I mean. I do however sometimes get myself in trouble for doing this, and indeed making such a comment/observation - and yes, sometimes I am wrong. Sometimes it is just a visual thing. Anyway, here is the image after a (bad) perspective fix:

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by EdGhoti

Comment by EdGhoti:

Originally posted by macrothing: Nice opportunity capture. Might just be the perspective, but looks like it needs a whisker nudge up on the left.

I have marked your comment as helpful, but I am hoping you will explain what you meant and how this might be accomplished.

All the best,
Ed

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by EdGhoti

Comment by macrothing:
Nice opportunity capture. Might just be the perspective, but looks like it needs a whisker nudge up on the left.

Going down to the watering hole?
by EdGhoti

Comment by EdGhoti:

Originally posted by magenmarie: LOL! They are hysterical!!! What ARE they doing???

They are bent down to get a drink from the water hole they are on the edge of.

Thanks for the comment.

All the best,
Ed

Going down to the watering hole?
by EdGhoti

Comment by magenmarie:
LOL! They are hysterical!!! What ARE they doing???

Cat's Eye
by EdGhoti

Comment by EdGhoti:

Originally posted by emily212: a little creepy or something fun editing.

That is a crop of the original image, essentially unedtited.

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by EdGhoti

Comment by EdGhoti:

Originally posted by arsenal: that is awesome.

I think the hyena was thinking the same thing.

All the best,
Ed

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by EdGhoti

Comment by arsenal:
that is awesome.