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Hi Morkel,
thanks a lot.
Had the 2x on for some birds before, guess I have forgotten to switch in all hurry, as we spotted the Leopard right next to the owl!
You know, everything goes so fast, I better left it on than, before I miss all the action.
With the crop you said, do you mean that I cropped the image in PS ? This image is like I shot it, no crop in PS at all. Cannot move much that Leopard 
It was a bit overcast, you are right. The sun came out later on.
Thanks again, will see tonight what is up with the colors. I saved it for the web in PS !
Ciao
Anette
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Anette.
I just love the pose the outstretched legs and the slight amount of tongue add a lot. It seems slightly too red to me, but then we all see colours differently.
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What a terrific capture. The diagonal line of the tree trunk makes it quite powerful. Love the colors, BG and that gaze!!
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Hi Anette,
like this one a lot but for final judgement, can you RP the image because it has no color profile attached. Now the image looks red , too red (Ken`s eyes are not too old
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I took into PS and gave it a srgb profile ,looks better but still too red for an overcast day . (watch the whites in the fur ).
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Hi Anette, we meet again, so soon too. 
The image looks OK as viewed on screen, but as Andreas has said, it has no colour profile, so when viewed in PS as an RGB file it's very saturated. If you have any questions about resolving this, converting or colour profiles, then let me know Anette.
Regarding the image I love that stance of the prowling Leopard, clear eye & focussed, claws at the ready and just the hint of the tongue, cool. Personally I might ease off any sharpening applied to the bark of the tree and I would end the crop on the RHS just where the tree hits the foot of the image, thus avoiding the lighter grass stem in the BKG. If it's the old 2x I would sell it and by the new one as the IQ is far better. Using the 300f/2.8 will also have given you all focus points too, which is handy.
Look forward to many more, but no Milka's 
TFS
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Anette - nice pose and comp and I like the pov. Good suggestions above for handling the color.
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Rachel
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Hi Anette, well the Colour Profile issue is sorted, so that's the hard part done & dusted.
Based on the RP, I would be tempted to reduce the saturation in the BKG, seems a tad vibrant, but you were there so you have a better mental picture of how it was. I would also suggest reducing the Magenta in the whites. The crop is too tight now IMHO, rather than RP I let you know what I was suggesting.
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I was thinking more, just to de saturate and letting the Leopard to come through more within the image, keeping it simple.
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Love them all. Colors look perfect in the original post. Like the B&W but for the too dark areas of the BKGR.
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Hi Anette,
The re-post is certainly much better in terms of redness, but the tighter crop is for me not an improvement. Morkel's re-post looks better but I might have gone further but then Leopards come in many shades
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Thanks Anette. I am with Ken on liking the wider version here.
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