Alert

[Rachel Hollander]

Another from my 2009 trip to the Sabi Sands in South Africa.

Canon 50D
100-400 @ 250mm
1/500
f7.1
ISO 400
HH from safari vehicle. No crop, luminosity mask, levels, curves and sharpened in CS5.

C&C welcome and appreciated. Thanks,

Rachel

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Rachel, it does have an AHHHH factor, just wish those blades of grass were not over the eye of the pup. Nice to see the pup so relaxed whilst Mom is alert, love the forward facing, pricked up ears. :S3:

Might suggest just cleaning the whites a fraction, adding a hint more black via Selective & Curves (just to give it some pop), then another round of Select USM on the Alpha. Nice light, not harsh, just enough.

TFS
Steve

[Ken Watkins]

Rachel,

Looking at this on a less than good monitor, so it looks a little dark to me.
Judging by the lump between her legs, she must be a Hyena:bg3:

[Harshad Barve]

Lovely image indeed Rachel , nice pose and techs here
TFS

[Andreas Liedmann]

Nice shot Rachel
Comp,pose,colors ,contrast work well for me.You cannot do much about the grass blades.Another round of USM on the animals would improve the image.

Well done Andreas

[Grant Atkinson]

Very nice pose captured here Rachel, and that strong pose carries the image for me, so very alert and focused. Not too fussed about the other dog lying down, or the grass over its eye. Processing work looks good too.
cheers
Grant

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks for the comments and suggestions, much appreciated.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Lovely interaction and great detail. Our bush is busy cahnging color, it will soon look like this:S3:, im looking forward to it... TFS Rachel

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks Dumay. I'm looking forward to being back in your neck of the woods in August too.

Rachel

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Lovely image Rachel, good IQ and light. I like the alert adult and pup playing.

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks Vivaldo, much appreciated.

[Kiran Khanzode]

One species that I need to see before I go....very well executed, Rachel !

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks Kiran, I'm betting you'll get to see wild dogs.

Rachel

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Rachel, super alert pose from the parent, and the colours look spot on. Good to see the youngster not having a worry in the world. :w3

[Mark Wiseman]

Hi Rachel,
I like the alert pose of the wild dog, the POV and the detail of your lovely image.
Thanks for sharing and best wishes,
Mark.

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks Stuart and Mark for the kind comments.

Rachel

[Morkel Erasmus]

missed this one Rachel
lovely light hitting the big one
I've very few decent Wild Dog photos in my collection...this one is better than all of them :e3

[Rachel Hollander]

Morkel - thanks very much.

Rachel