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Marc Mol
06-27-2011, 07:35 AM
This little guy was just a few days old and mum's protective nature (not to mention the unfavourable light) didn't make it easy to get an open shot.

D700 70-200 VRII 1/640s f/5.6 ISO800@120mm. Masai Mara Oct 2010.

C & C most welcome

Cheers
Marc

kamran shahin
06-27-2011, 09:25 AM
nice moment..

Steve Kaluski
06-27-2011, 11:22 AM
Sorry Marc, detail isn't really there or composition for me, especially if you compare Dumay's last image which is almost on a par tech & kit wise. It looks like you are shooting down from a vehicle, I just wonder if you were a little further away you might have got a better POV. Perhaps a tighter crop, but it's the depth of detail for me that is I feel the issue.

Sorry to be so negative on this Marc.

Steve

Morkel Erasmus
06-27-2011, 03:24 PM
Always cute to see young ones in the wild being sheltered by mom, Marc, makes for sweet moments. The harsh light really spoils it for me here...Steve has a good point on the detail depth as well.

Do you have any good shots of topi running?

Harshad Barve
06-27-2011, 06:46 PM
very well done considering light here , I will keep this as all images can not be kept or deleted only on techs only :w3
TFS

Steve Canuel
06-27-2011, 08:06 PM
Nice to see the young version of the species right next to what it'll turn into. Not the most helpful light but if mine I'd blur the FG grasses slight;y to take out some of the crispness and take a little off the right side (as viewed).

Rachel Hollander
06-28-2011, 07:02 AM
Cute little guy and no blue jeans yet. A nice record moment but the harsh light hurts the image. Good points by Steve and Peter about POV. Still a sweet moment and I don't think I've seen a shot of a young Topi before.

TFS,
Rachel

Arthur Morris
06-30-2011, 03:42 PM
You did as well as you could have in brutal light. A crop from the left and the bottom (esp. the bottom) would work for me.

Mork-man, Who is that ruggedly handsome guy in your avatar?????

Morkel Erasmus
06-30-2011, 03:58 PM
Artie - that is yours truly, no Photoshop tricks ! :e3:t3

Arthur Morris
06-30-2011, 04:09 PM
Artie - that is yours truly, no Photoshop tricks ! :e3:t3

Movie star moderator!

Morkel Erasmus
06-30-2011, 04:12 PM
Movie star moderator!
I'm quite sure we are off-topic now :w3...

Sorry Marc! Hope you don't mind...will cut it short after this post :e3

This was a shoot I did for the "musical" side of my life.
Full image:
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(by the way, that is not a "movie-star" gaze, it's the typical "boy band" gaze :bg3::eek:)