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Vivaldo Damilano
06-29-2011, 01:06 PM
Nikon D3 AFS 200-400. taken at 270mm. ISO1250 1/60s at f16. Shutter speed is lower then I would have like but VR saved the image:2eyes2: taken in Savuti Botswana.

Rudi van den Heever
06-29-2011, 01:15 PM
Lovely colours and just enough light on the elephant!:S3:

Rachel Hollander
06-29-2011, 01:41 PM
Vivaldo - nicely composed. I like that you captured the ellie with the ears out. Maybe a little ccw rotation and some NR on the sky.

TFS,
Rachel

Vivaldo Damilano
06-29-2011, 02:16 PM
Thanks for comments, here's a repost forgot to do NR on sky.

peter delaney
06-29-2011, 02:26 PM
Sorry Vivaldo


Not up to your usual standard
So....It s a "no" for me on this one.... I understand the sunset may have been nice... but the elephant is not a silhouette or nor does it have any light/detail on it....so it just is a rather flat subject ... busy BKG does nothing for image either... sorry TBH I would have deleted this one .. sorry if this is harsh , but I say it as I see it...

Vivaldo Damilano
06-29-2011, 02:41 PM
No problem Peter, that why I post here :w3 want honest crit on my images so that I can learn from the best :bg3: TKS

Brendon Cremer
06-29-2011, 05:39 PM
Vivaldo, i have to agree with Peter, the image has a great sky with lovely colours, but the elephant just doesnt have the light or exposure to do it justice. Just an idea have you tried some HDR processing on it? it may produce something interesting or not:eek:

Brendon Cremer
06-29-2011, 05:56 PM
Heres just a quick example, im sure with some TLC you can get something quite compelling out of the image, or an i pulling at straws??:eek:

Harshad Barve
06-29-2011, 08:34 PM
Vivaldo , Have to agree with Peter
TFS

Vivaldo Damilano
06-30-2011, 12:50 AM
Thanks again for comments :S3: Brendon nice idea but to be honest it doesn't work for me. There was haze and smog on the horizon, normally happens in September due to fires. This is why there's little light on the ellie unfortunately. The sun was still high up in the sky but enters the smog and lost all it's power, which is most frustrating:w3

Arthur Morris
06-30-2011, 03:21 PM
Pulling at straws. The repost is WAY overdone. For me the biggest problems are the two trees that merge with the animal. From the thumbnail I thought I was gonna love this with that loverly sunset.

Morkel Erasmus
06-30-2011, 04:39 PM
Vivaldo - awesome mood hidden in here. I agree that the OP doesn't pack the punch it could, and Brendon's RP is a bit over the top even for me who used to dabble in these animal HDRs :t3

As an alternative, here's a repost with the FG darkened...it might have picked up a halo or 2 (just a quick job done). What do you think?

Steve Canuel
07-01-2011, 12:10 AM
I actually like the look of the OP. Don't know the time of day or year but the image looks as I'd expect for similar looking conditions I've experienced and has a nice late day/early evening feel for me.

Vivaldo Damilano
07-01-2011, 01:20 AM
I don't give up that easily:bg3: I will post another version later which I hope will be better then this one. Thanks for comments. Morkel I think your version would have work nicely if the BG wasn't so busy, but I like the idea TKS.