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Ram portrait
Ram portrait
hahn23


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Challenge: Golden Ratio (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM
Location: Big Thompson Canyon, Larimer County, Colorado
Date: Nov 7, 2011
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/320s
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Nov 7, 2011

 Bighorn ram in the Big Thompson Canyon.

I had other wildlife and landscape images, but this one was the best considering the processing limits of Basic rule set.

This is a golden rectangle 1:1.618. I used the golden ratio cropping tool overlay in PSE10 to place the area of the head between the eyes at the point of visual balance.

[Nov. 11th, 2011 12:55:12 PM]

Cropping the legs is a valid criticism. I considered that. I have images of the animal in total. However, it requires a zoom out which would not be helpful to face detail. And, to place the full animal in a golden rectangle would have included much distracting detail. A portrait is a portrait and doesn't always include more than head and shoulders.

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11/15/2011 11:14:11 PM
Great photo, very sharp.
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 11/11/2011 12:35:24 PM
He has no legs. :(

I'd perhaps crop tighter to his head. I think his butt is actually quite distracting (probably evolved that way)
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