I was chasing this squirrel all around my weekend cottage garden. I like the pose!
Specific Feedback Requested
Any comments are welcome!
This shot is towards the sun, hence the burnt out area to the left.
Is it OK? Any ideas what to do about it? Clone and stamp?
Technical Details
Is this a composite: No
f/8, 1/250, ISO 800, Olympus lens 300 mm x 2 teleconverter (1200 mm equiv.) handheld (thanks Olympus for the in-body and lens image stabilization combination), Olympus camera OM-D E-M1X (mft system)
@Kris_Smith thanks for your kind comments. Maybe I was to quick to post this cutie, but I have now at least tried to cover the blown out parts to the left. Rework posted at the top.
Thatās totally better! Did you blend some leaves from another shot? Works well enough and this little one is too cute to pass up. I love the paw and those whiskers!
The rework definitely has better framing for the subject. What a cute squirrel. I will admit to watching quite a few āpetā squirrel vids on YT. They seem to enjoy humans as much as we enjoy them.
I made a copy of the original image, and then imported it as a texture image. I shrinked the texture image somewhat and moved it into a position where some nice leaves filled the blown out area. Then using the paint brush I blended in the leaves. See the figure below: The white frame is the border of the imported texture image. The area within the red marking is where I blended in the leaves. Then I made some fine tuning using minor clone & stamp, erase and softening operations.
Thatās a cute subject, although there is line sharpness, but it lacks the fine details, may be due to
2X converter.
Iāve no idea about Olympus but is there some in camera crop? (300mmX2X=12mm)??
