This photo was taken with a canon rebel t6 and a sigma 150-600 5-6.3, shutter-1/500 sec., iso-800, f/6.3 What do you think I could’ve changed to make this photo better?
define better, i've always said that when one asks for CC it helps if the autor says what type of image he was going for, where a dark and moody image may be what the author wanted others may think 'oh its too dark" etc As the image is presented it looks on the dark side, making some post edit changes to highlights and shadows and saturation this brings up the foreground detail very nicely and allows for a bit of colour controlled saturation to the branches in the background as for the image as a straight from camera improvement, as the squirrel is not moving in this image dropping the shutter speed could bring in some more light, but that has been recoverable in photoshop so as mentioned above its been shot ok considering it looks back lit and the aperture of the lens (i have it too) with wildlife you don't always get to choose where you get to place it, its shoot first ask questions (or edit) later, you could seek out better facing locations t get the light behind you, i often walk around a place see where the sun is and get that behind me when i can on thing that does jump out a bit and i'd probably reject the image if it was one of my own is the branches in the background can be a bit distracting diverting the eye away from the subject, you could post edit blur this replicating what an ƒ2.8 or faster lens would have done, again its subject / background placement issue to which we don't get that choice most of the time, esp in a moment in time shot like this Nice image, needs a bit of post edit if you were looking for a brighter / punchier image
There is little I can add as Calidina pretty well hit the nail on the head, except if you do not have something like Photoshop to edit the image in, there is always a free programe like Gimp, which you can download for free and there is tutorials on youtube on how to use it.
Thanks, I took it to photoshop brightened it up and it started to look a lot better already. I also brightened up just the squirrel and I think it made it pop. Overall I'm pleased with how it came out, thanks for the help.
that is pretty much what i had when i did the edit, when i was looking at the post i thought "i don't remember posting the image before asking the author" lol out of intereast which photoshop are you using, i was using photoshop 5 but recently had to change to photoshop elements 2022
You have a very nice "catchlight" in his eye. That is something I always strive for in photographing a living creature.
