Spotted Hyena with kill

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

I was happy to witness this spectacle at the Masai Mara, where a flock of vultures were struggling for a share of the meat, the Hyena held them at bay for a long time. I was shooting form the roof hatch and we were facing forwards, hence could not get a lower angle. C & C welcome.
Sanjeev
7D and 100-400 L
1/640
f/7.1
ISO 400
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7092/7352004422_91d7b47a93_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/40906945@N08/7352004422/)
Spotted Hyena & Vultures (http://www.flickr.com/photos/40906945@N08/7352004422/) by docsanjeev (http://www.flickr.com/people/40906945@N08/), on Flickr

[Davidwilliams]

Love the composition and subject but seems a little washed out on my screen

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Sanjeev - great interaction and comp. Something seems to have gone amiss in the pp as the color of the grass looks a little off. Agree it needs some punch too.

TFS,
Rachel

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Sanjeev, colours look not washed out to me, but would ease off a little on the Blue & Blacks in relation to the objects, but can see some colour issue re the grass. Always difficult on a scene like this not to clip or cut subjects in half, also the angle is looking down too which again is not ideal. I would also again look to increase sharpening, perhaps push it a little further next time?

TFS
Steve

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Sanjeev,
tried to operate on the colors,specially the grass no big difference in the greens.Reduced the blues in the shadows ,and reduced the blacks a tad.
I did that in LAB color space. WDYT ?

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[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Hi Andreas, Yes the RP looks better with the reduction of blues and blacks! Some how the green turned out this way! I also shot simultaneously with two 7D's and 70 200 f/4 L IS and 100-400 L. This was with the 100-400 L. will check if the other lens did any better. Also I got wider shots with the 70-200 f/4 L IS. Will post is again.
Thank you David, Rachel, Steve and Andreas for your advice.