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    Ken Watkins
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    It seems that my pet Egret has been missing from most of my recent images so here he is annoying an Elephant

    I like the pose here but the difference in lighting on each side of the Elephant has not worked as well as it could have done. But I hope the eye makes up for it?

    Taken from a drifting boat on Lake Manze channel, Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania, 8th July 2012

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    F5, ISO 800, 1/400

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    Hi Ken - In this one I don't think the egret really adds anything since it lacks detail and might be tempted to evict it. I do like the pose of the elephant and the low pov. I would look at reducing the blues in the shadows as there is a slight blue cast to the rhs as viewed. Personally I might also take the green down a bit as I find the brightness and saturation of the grass pulling my attention from the ele but that is a matter of personal taste.

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    Ken Watkins
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    Rachel,

    Thanks for commenting, I agree I really should have removed the Egret but just left it in for old times sake
    I did reduce the blues in my original processing but the seem to have drifted back in conversion for here. Greens seem to be a recurring problem for me, and although it was very lush indeed perhaps they needed a little toning down.

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    I agree with Rachel, the clearly over-exposed egret hurts the image.

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    Love the pose on the elephant and although I am not big on evicting any elements from my photo, I'd be tempted to Deep 6 that egret.
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