Is this overly processed?

[ggoldthorpe]

Hiya all - I'm new to this so this post is as much an experiment in the forum as a request for critical analysis.

That aside, I recently took this shot of goitered gazelles and have done a little processing (with Canon Digital Photo Pro) but wonder if I've gone a little far.

All opinions welcome.

Cheers,

Gareth

[tech]

Hey Gareth, dont see the photo in your post

[slc_shutterbug]

I love the pose that they are in, but I do not like that they are not both in focus.

[CiiVii]

Yep, they look nice but depth of field is too short.

i like the pp, but id brighten the photo alittle, it seems a bit on the dark side to me!?

[Jim Poor]

I'd say you didn't go far enough.

I'd recommend opening the whole thing up a bit brighter.

[windrider86]

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[wal]

Excellent composition.. nice moment..The pp is not overdone but it's a bit soft focused..

[ggoldthorpe]

Thanks all,

The two key opinions seem to be too dark and to shallow a depth of field.

To the first, yes, I do have a tendency towards darker images - a personal taste that I should maybe temper a little. The depth of field; I'm not so sure about this as I kind of like the way the second animal is out-of-focus - it gives emphasis to the main subject in the foreground but, next time, I'll play with both approaches.

Thanks again.

Another one coming soon (as soon as I read the guidelines for posting

G

[BEGM83]

Wouldn't say overprocessed at all, if anything id probably sharpen and brighten the whole thing up a bit.