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    Ken Watkins
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    A Zebra shows off the scar from his close escape.

    Ruaha National Park, Tanzania, 2nd July 2012

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    70-200mm MkII at 168

    F4.4, ISO 400, 1/4000, EV -0.67

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    Ken - I've looked at this a couple of times and I just don't think the scar is that prominent or that interesting. I would prefer less of rear view and more of a head turn. Sorry.

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    Rachel,

    Fair enough

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    Hi Ken
    I guess the plastic surgery in that part of the world needs improving?

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    Andre,

    This looks pretty good to me I have seen far worse

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    Hi Ken,
    nicely processed with good detail and sharpness this time. Technically a good one, the content is not as good , as the others stated above, in which i agree.

    Cheers Andreas

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    Andreas,

    Always nice to get one "right" now and again In what way do you think the processing is better than my normal ?

    Can I take it that you do not like the head?

    Perhaps I should not have mentioned the scar in the first place?
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    Hi Ken,
    i talked about the sharpness which i quite like in this one, from time to time , you post images who could stand more sharpening that is all.
    I did not even look to the scar , in this case unimportant i think.

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    Andreas,

    The sharpness is of course down to personal taste, a very good photographer said to me that if it is not sharp at 100% then it never will be.

    I also often forget to resharpen after converting and downsizing

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    Ken,
    me or i think others too, will look at the image here, so there is no excuse for anything that is done wrong or not done in PP, that is all up to each and everyone who post images here. If the image is not sharp enough, we get sometimes comments on that circumstance,and still we all have different views and screens, so if i comment on missing sharpness, it is my personal feeling. So far so good, but if the majority say, ok a liitle bit more sharpening could improve the image, maybe the majority , is more right than i am , from the technical POV.
    In the end , the photographer should decide how sharpness etc. he or she uses on the images.

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    The image is well exposed and sharp with nice colors and great light, however, it's just not working for me. The zebra is dead center and all I see is butt.
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    Glad to see you kept this in color Ken. I like the dark habitat across the top and coming partly down the sides. I don't mind the rear end pose but what I think is throwing off the "feel" of this one is how the rear end stripes are wider spaced. Kind of gives the zebra a distorted, misshapen look (if that makes sense).

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    Marina,

    To my eyes the Zebra is not dead center (but not far short) do you think cropping from the LHS would add anything? More room to the right would just add more uninteresting bush.

    Steve,
    Thanks I think I see what you mean, and many thanks for pointing it out

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    Isn't that why they recommend larger people not wear horizontal stripes ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Canuel View Post
    Isn't that why they recommend larger people not wear horizontal stripes ?
    Well it is certainly why I do not wear stripes

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