Wild Dogs Playing in Water IV

[Rachel Hollander]

I thought I'd post one more August Theme image and also remind everyone that September's Theme is Close-Ups.

This is another image from our fantastic sighting of the large pack of wild dogs playing in the waterhole in the Timbavati Game Reserve.

Canon 5D3
70-200 II @ 155mm
1/1250
f5.6
ISO 400
HH from safari vehicle, cropped for comp and to remove a part of a dog on the rhs, luminosity mask, levels, curves, selective color adjustments and sharpened in CCPS.

C&C welcome and appreciated. Thanks,

Rachel

[Nancy Bell]

Nice capture of the dogs interacting & splashing water. I have not yet had the privilege to see wild dogs :Whoa!:! The details of the grassy bkgd add some visual competition to the main 2 running dogs.

[Steve Canuel]

Looks like they're having a good time. I like the diagonals of the shoreline and the trail of splashing water.

[Richard Flack]

Hi Rachel, I like the sense of action and the curvature of the shoreline. Overall the image is just a little too busy for me. TFS

[Dumay de Boulle]

Colors look perfect, nice space and great capture of the action in this scene...Great splashes. I would just take some off the top and bottom for my taste. Nicely done Rachel!

[Neil Burton]

Only thing I might do is flip it so they run left to right? Otherwise who can argue with a doggy shot. :)

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks everyone for the comments and suggestions, much appreciated. Neil - as a rule I do not flip images but thanks for the suggestion.

Thanks again,
Rachel

[Loi Nguyen]

Hi Rachel, sorry for being late to the party, been traveling for work. This is a very nice image of the sequence. Love the eye contact of the front dog and the trailing water. it was a pity that the 3 back dogs all merged together, but that was life. TFS. Loi

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Rachel great action with nice water splashes . Like the overall tone and colors .
I might loose some of the top to get a cleaner frame edge . Where was your FP ? The first looks slightly softer than the second one ?

Agree being a bit busy , but would like to have this in my stock :bg3:. Good work
TFS Andreas

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks Loi and Andreas. Andreas - my FP was purposely on the second dog. Generally, when I have a grouping I focus on the one in the middle or between them.

Thanks again,
Rachel

[Anette Mossbacher]

Hi Rachel,

lucky duck your are that you have seen them playing. I like very much the action and I am with Andreas with a bit busy, but that's how it is out there.
Very nice image

Have a great day

Ciao
Anette

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks Anette:wave: