I posted this image three years ago when I captured it in Nepal, but I wanted to revisit it because it's one of the most challenging things I've done in Photoshop. This is an Indian one-horned rhino mother and calf in Chitwan National Park. My photo tour group was driving very slowly, and right in front of our vehicle the mother crossed the road. The calf followed, but it used the mother's bulk as protection from us and it crossed on the other side of her. From the camera's viewpoint, I could only see parts of the calf between the adult's rump and the thick vegetation on the left. As the calf moved behind the mother, I shot at 14 frames per second. In that way, I was able to capture the entire calf -- but visible only in sections. I then took five shots of the scene, starting with the frame where I could see only the calf's head and ending with the frame that showed its rump and tail, and assembled those components in the foreground where I ended up with the entire young animal stitched together. I then added a subtle shadow beneath the calf to complete the realism. Each frame was taken at 1/500, f/7.1, and 3200 ISO. Without Photoshop, the calf was mostly obscured behind the mother and it was, at best, disappointing.
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Aug 10, 2020, 6:23:07 PM
Bryan - Very nice picture of unicorns, biblically speaking, not to mention their Latin name. I've only seen them in zoos and every time I'm there, they are lying down. None over here in PNG, so I'll have to just enjoy yours and be patient until I'm in the US again. Thanks for your daily photos.