Last Bobcat

Posted by Brent R Paull on Sun Mar 22, 2015 5:28 pm

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This is probably the last bobcat image of the season. My bobcat safaris run from September thru the end of March, sometimes early April. I shot this male on Friday, March 20, 2015. He moved into a thicket but we found a hole to shoot through. Taken in Pinnacles National Park, CA.

Nikon D7100 body, 500mm f4 lens, ISO 400, 1/200 at f4, Indura Tripod, raw converted to jpg in CS6.

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by E.J. Peiker on Mon Mar 23, 2015 11:25 am

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Cool shot but a strong magenta cast.

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by Brent R Paull on Mon Mar 23, 2015 12:23 pm

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Really? "strong"? I reset the colors using the white eyedropper on the cats face, at the nose near the whiskers, and the image hardly changed at all - maybe a "very slight" magenta cast.

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by Matthew Pugh on Mon Mar 23, 2015 3:43 pm

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Hi

A fine shot this hunter

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by Chas on Sat Mar 28, 2015 11:09 am

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Brent R Paull wrote:Really? "strong"? I reset the colors using the white eyedropper on the cats face, at the nose near the whiskers, and the image hardly changed at all - maybe a "very slight" magenta cast.

Paaul,

This is a wonderful portrait of the bobcat.

I agree with EJ, decreasing the magenta saturation and a bit of blue would further enhance this fine image.

Or, use this Quick fix tip to eliminate an overall color cast. Duplicate the layer (Cmd J) > Filter / Blur / Average > Invert the Layer (Cmd I) > Change Layer Blend Mode to Overlay or Soft Light > vary Layer Opacity for effect.

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