Kirtaro Photography

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Re: Kirtaro Photography

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Yeah it's the fence. If you've seen what these animals do to my clothes and flesh, you too would never take your camera anywhere near them haha :)

Also the amount of cellphones I've lost playing with these animals is just rediculous. Well not lost so much as gotten chewed to bits.
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Re: Kirtaro Photography

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If you go close to the fence then surely the lens can fit between the wires?
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I tried a quick manual fix, not the greatest but it already looks better. This is just a preview though, forum won't let me upload the full size. I can send you the working file if you want to tinker further.
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@Rakuen Growlithe no not really, it is slightly harder than that. The fence is diamond mesh, and my lens is far too large to fit through. Also animals have minds and lives of their own, usually you only get a few seconds to capture the perfect pose before they change position. its very very rare that you get a straight forward picture, most of the times you have to aim diagonally through the fence (which leaves only about 1/6 of its original size to see through) cause if i move they move and even if they didn't move, by the time i get into a forward position they would have changed the pose i was aiming to capture or the angle would have the same impact. lastly it's a double layered fence, 1st layer is a non electrified reinforced diamond mesh fence, the second is a multi leveled horizontal electrified line fence. so when taking the photo you have to aim through 2 fences and not just one :)

@Leeward that looks great. its vastly improved. i can still see the slight lightness of the photo but the lines and steaks are gone. which tool or filter did you use or was it more than that? Also thanks leeward, if i can replicate this effect on the other photos, then i have a few very nice wolf photos for all of you :)

Also while i'm at it, lets add a herbivore to the diversity.
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Kirtaro wrote:@Leeward that looks great. its vastly improved. i can still see the slight lightness of the photo but the lines and steaks are gone. which tool or filter did you use or was it more than that? Also thanks leeward, if i can replicate this effect on the other photos, then i have a few very nice wolf photos for all of you :)
No filters. Filters are global so by definition don't work on region-based artefacts. What I did was add a layer in Burn mode that is a light grey to lighter grey gradient (imperceptible to the eye) that matches the lighting in the unaffected areas, and then add a mask to it that only applies it to the areas where you can see the fence. It's not completely accurate though, you can still see some light streaks where the burn should be applied but wasn't, and dark streaks where the mask went too far. I just made quick rough outlines of where I could see the fence. Ideally you'd refine the mask until it matches up perfectly, but I'm lazy. :P
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Name: Restful Saffi
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Subject: a lioness named Saffi
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Name: Silva
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Subject: a wolf named Silva, offspring of Fire

EDIT: i forgot to attach the picture...
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wow Silva is gorgeous I love the reddish-brown coloring in her fur.
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Name: Os (father named him after one of his favorite rugby players)
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Holy hell in a halfpipe that's gorgeous
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Yep, and in Arizona, you can own them as pets.
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I love caracals! My mate is sort of an honorary furry so I designed him a fursona, and that's the species he chose for it. :3
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Hey everyone :mrgreen:

@Ivic thank you for that very nice comment :D
@sev you can have them as pets in South africa too. we have 8 :)
@Leeward really? well i'm heading home this weekend, i'll take a few more caracal pics and post them for you :D

Also as stated above, i'm heading home for the 1st time in, uh wow 2 months. so if anyone has a suggestion of what photos or animals they would like to see, let me know and i'll see what i can do :D

Name: Say hello to Slade
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Dear OP, here is a site I used to follow to become pro at photography
http://www.droreyal.co.za/
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Randall wrote:Dear OP, here is a site I used to follow to become pro at photography
http://www.droreyal.co.za/
Dear Randall thanks for the offer but i think my photos are Pro enough. actually maybe beyond pro. Ellie is a Pro Wedding photographer who made a living doing just that, and she thinks i could make a living out of it as well with my skills as is. She even once called me a Pro. so thanks for looking out for me but i'm good (dang no thumbs up emoticon) then a smiley face :D

i might look it over to see if they have any tricks i don't already know. i really hope they do. awesome thanks :)
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Just a request from my side, but can you maybe do something which is like water dripping from a plant after the rain, or a bird taking a bath in the rain, anything rain related :p
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Name: Karin
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Subject: Karin thinks she can stalk me
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