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Austin Thomas
02-12-2010, 10:10 AM
Hi all,

My last post was of a Cheetah and cub in the midday sunshine, so to contrast here is a Cheetah in the rain.
I found that the animals would move around more often in the cooler temperatures offered when raining.

Canon 1dMk3. 500mm f4, 1/1000 ISO 800.

C&C welcome

Austin
Ken Watkins
02-12-2010, 10:29 AM
Austin,

Another stunner with beautiful subdued light, my only suggestion would be to see if you can lighten the eyes a little.
pauloanjo
02-12-2010, 01:08 PM
Nice animal. The colours, the sharpness and the rain makes the photo.
Personaly I would add a little canvas in the bottom and take some of the top.
Morkel Erasmus
02-12-2010, 03:29 PM
agree with Paul on the space. lovely soft light and also agree with Ken on the eyes. I soooo want to visit this part of Africa one day...
Kiran Khanzode
02-12-2010, 06:28 PM
I like the clean image and the wet look. Instead of more space on top, I would have liked more at the bottom.
It's difficult to get those dark eyes to pop unless light is falling straight on them.
Marc Mol
02-12-2010, 08:09 PM
Small nits aside, a lovely clear image in subdued light with the raindrops enhancing this image.
TFS
Steve Canuel
02-12-2010, 10:30 PM
Excellent detail in that wet fur and visible raindrops. I like the space on top as it shows more raindrops. Would also like to see just a tiny bit more light in the eyes. Very nice as posted though.
Sid Garige
02-13-2010, 12:00 AM
Agree with eyes. other than that I like it as posted.
Harshad Barve
02-13-2010, 12:21 AM
Agree with eyes. other than that I like it as posted.

+ 1 here , Excellent image
TFS
Ed Cordes
02-14-2010, 09:59 AM
Outstanding image. The rainy day allowed a nice even lighting. The heads up pose is good.
Nate Chappell
02-14-2010, 05:54 PM
The rain adds a lot here and the cheetah looks great, maybe just a little more room on the bottom.:cool:
Hilary Hann
02-14-2010, 10:59 PM
Can't add to what others have said, very nice. It is good to see some rain affected photos to show that you can take your cameras out in the weather and come home with "keepers". Well done.
Sabyasachi Patra
02-16-2010, 04:16 AM
Nice environmental image. I like the falling rain drops. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi
DanWalters
02-16-2010, 08:59 AM
Really like the falling rain. Would like to see the eyes lightened a little.