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A gazelle
Hi Everyone,
Sorry, I was traveling and hence was unable to post recently. Here is another one from my East Africa trip in may 2012. 7D AND 100-400 L. From a safari vehicle, tried to get as low as I could from the window. The whites are a bit blown on the belly, I will try to tone it down and I think more space in front of the Gazelle would be better, WDYT?
Regards
Sanjeev
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EastAfrica0589 by docsanjeev, on Flickr
Last edited by Sanjeev Aurangabadkar; 10-03-2012 at 02:59 AM.
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Hi Sanjeev, personally I find the subject a little too big in the frame for my tastes, but again, we all see these sighting differently. 
As these animals look very relaxed I might have got your guide to move a bit more to the right, by doing so you would still have a similar position/pose of the main subject, however I think it would avoid the intersection of the others in the BKG offering a cleaner POV for the image, but no deal breaker. As it stands, I would crop just a fraction off the RHS to avoid the white rear of the other animal creeping in, or, but better to perhaps clone I think (subject to your ethics) as you would retain the other lying down gazelle, rather than perhaps clipping it in the crop? Certainly reducing if you can, the blown whites, and extracting some more detail from within the subject would really help, whether that means a bit more Clarity and or sharpening I'm not sure. Reducing some of the Black (again if possible) certainly around the left eye as viewed would also help. Just watch some blue also creeping in on the whites. I think you did well to get as low as you did.
Hope this helps.
TFS
Steve
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Hi Sanjeev - I agree with your self-assessment and also would want some more room below. Steve pretty well covered the points I would have made, the three biggest being the blown whites, the blue cast coming in and the intersecting bodies. His repost is an improvement but the blown whites are really still a problem. I've learned through several trips to Africa and my time spent on BPN that it is always better to shoot a bit wider. It's much easier to crop later.
TFS,
Rachel