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    Kirsten Frost
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    A large herd of buffalo kicks up dust as they graze in the evenings golden light. Photographed in the Kruger National Park, South Africa.

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    Camera Model: Canon EOS 10D
    Firmware: Adobe Photoshop CS Windows
    Date/Time: 2008:03:31 17:12:04
    Shutter speed: 1/400 sec
    Aperture: 6.3
    Exposure mode: Av
    Flash: Off
    Metering mode: Center-weighted average
    ISO: 400
    Focal length: 500mm
    Last edited by Kirsten Frost; 04-18-2008 at 05:22 PM.

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    excellent monotone feel. loved this image.
    might suggest wee bit of CCW rotation.
    & if you have space around the image, wud suggest some portion in the bottom cropped off & instead have some space on top (that would bring the buffalo to bottom thirds' line)...

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    Hi Kristen Excellent mood Outstanding feel !!!! I like how well the foreground animal stands with the rest of the image Would love to see more room all around Image seems tight as presented Big Congrats on this one !!!!!

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    Nice feel to this one Kirsten. Would've preferred that the other buffalo not be there (he abruptly puts an end to that nice glowing backlight). You did a nice job of holding just enough detail on the shadow side eye and horn.
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    nice image....Kirsten IMO... buffalo needs more space on LHS ... wud also crop the FG a little to get rid of green foliage on RHS ... the heavy black frame also detracts from image...

    thanks for sharing...

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    What a lovely light and mood. Excellent exposure and capture.

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    Sweet light and details Kirsten. Very nice.

    I prefer to place the subject higher or lower in the frame, and wish the tree wasnt growing out of the WB's head.

    Robert

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    Striking image. You have dome agreat job isolating an animal which can be tough in a herd. Comp works for me.

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    Thanks for the advice guys, some very good pionts mentioned. Seems the prefered composition is very much personal opinion but I will have a look and see what I can do to improve.

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    Very cool image. I like the light and mood and am also wondering if a wider crop would make it even better.

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    Great color and feel.

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    Lovely light. I would have given some more room. I like the look and feel of the image. Thanks for sharing.

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    A lovely image Kirsten - not much to add to what has already been said, but I do find the frame a bit heavy.

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    Vincent Grafhorst
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    Very nice photo Kirsten and very well executed. For presentation purpose I am inclined to crop a bit of the bottom and reduce the yellow saturation and contrast just slightly.

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    Thanks for the helpful suggestions guys

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    Wonderful image. What makes it sing for me, in addition to the incredible light, is the filagree of grass across the dark image of the animal, while the second, less defined, animal echoes the first and adds balance and a social context.

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