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    These Red Hartebeest were near one of the waterholes in Etosha. They rammed their heads, became stuck together and struggled to untangle. Once free they immediately rammed heads and once again got stuck.

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    HH from a safari vehicle, small crop for comp, luminosity mask, levels, curves, selective color adjustments and sharpened in CS5.

    C&C welcome and appreciated. Thanks,

    Rachel

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    Hi Rachel, good to include what was happening, as the behaviour is not clear to what is happening.

    If you have it, then I suggest moving the whole crop up by about half the space you have at present between trim & hooves, then loosing some off the left or RHS to put the subjects slightly more off centre. You may find you might have to tone down the darker 'lump' in the FG afterwards. I think you controlled the light well you, but I feel you could have dropped the ISO, but I like the warmth, detail & form within the subject. Not having the HB in the BKG would also have been better I feel, creating more of a cleaner image and focus on the main pair. I also think you could apply just a hint of NR to the BKG, just to soften the heat haze. The environment shows how parched and baron this wilderness is.

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    Thanks Steve as always for the suggestions and comments.

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    It's nice to see the interaction of the two. The light was not your friend here, and I am feeling as though so much FG is a bit overpowering. Do you have any more space on top by any chance?
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    Thanks Marina, I think I do have a little more room above. There's so much fg because they were over 80 meters away (according to the EXIF data) but I can look at cropping some away.

    Thanks again,
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    H i Rachel,
    you handled the tough Etosha light quite well.
    Nice colors you get from the Mk III,very realistic for my taste.
    Detail and contrast looks good , too.
    So i am not a friend of your composition for the reasons stated above by others , already .

    TFS Andreas

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    They can be so idiotic at times, the RHS one (as viewed) even has a dorky expression
    Can't add much to the suggestions already given. Good job getting detail through the heat haze at 80m!
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