Battle Royal

[Craig Kerr]

Canon 7D - Lens 100-400mm @ 275mm - F6.3 - SS 1/1600 - Iso 800
Location: Giants Castle - South Africa - An image I took almost 2 years ago - Applied some new PP skills and am pleased with the results - your comments please

[gail bisson]

Wow, wow and double wow!
Terrific HA's, the usual superb BG of Giants Castle. Great interaction and superb IQ.
The raised wings and open jaw of jackal are great.
I would love a bit more room on top if you have it to make this more of a vertical and would do another round of NR on the BG.
This is an amazing shot Craig,
Gail

[Janet Heintz]

Craig,
This is amazing, the color,detail and action!
Great image
Janet

[Varun Bellie]

Brilliant it is, the action , details , the raised wing of the vulture...winner image this is

[Jonathan Ashton]

Excellent Craig, I too would suggest a little NR on the background, other than that a terrific image. Excellent details and exposure.

[Diane Miller]

Wonderful!! Did you lighten the area behind your copyright? I think without the signature that area would be a little distracting, being so light and OOF. But as is, it provides the perfect place for the copyright.

[Nico Steenberg]

Every thing looks good Graig, just not a fan of squire crops will try a more traditional landscape crop

[Nelson Mena Alfaro]

its amazing

[Jim Crosswell]

Great image! I like the interaction, details, exposure and BG. Agree with more NR on the BG.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent moment captured.Love the interaction.

Regards,
Satish.

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent interaction shot. It's great that all subjects are in focus. I would run NR on the BG and perhaps back off on sharpening a tad. it's a killer image overall well done

[Grace Scalzo]

The interaction here is superb. I would like to see more of this series, if you have it. Was the dog defending young?

[Craig Kerr]

Thanks for your comments - All your inputs will be used to correct and improve the image.
Top of the list is the NR on the BG - Adding more space to the top of the image thus creating a more portrait image makes a lot of sense
The OOF behind the copyright notice is 'as shot', could tone it down a little.
There were 3 Jackals, only one visible in this image, around and up to 8 Cape Vultures in the area.
In most cases the Jackal's walked (ran) away with the spoils !!

[Robert Holguin]

Wow!!! Superb image! Excellent comp, and the interaction is amazing.
Well done.

[Karl Egressy]

Wow, this is fantastic, Craig. I'm speechless. Just great!!!!!!!!!!!