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Hi Austin - I too always enjoy your posts. Nice image of this cheetah family and I like the comp a lot. I also think there is a slight magenta cast, most evident in the cubs and dirt. I do find the bright spots in both the mom and cub's eyes slightly distracting. I don't think they are catchlights but could be wrong.
TFS,
Rachel
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very fine image IMO.....The interaction between the Cheetah moms and the two cubs is a great shot
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Lovely image, I really enjoy the interaction captured. You enjoying the 1Dx?
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Hi Austin
A rare moment to capture in the life of a single mom cheetah! The pose tells an incredible story. Can you tell us a little more about the lighting conditions, time of day and crop percentage? While the detail is excellent - like the white tips on the tails of all three - the light seems a little flat - or am I imagining that?
I love this shot
Kind regards
Andre
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Hi all, Thanks for you feedback which is highly appreciated.
@Morkel. The magenta cast is very obvious now you have pointed it out. Thank you.
@Rachel. Nothing added to the eyes. The white spot in the lower part of the mums eye is what we might call "tired". It is some sort of mucus in the corner of the eye.
@Laura. The 1DX is great. The ISO performance is the main improvement IMHO, which opens up new possibilities.
@Andre. This was a morning session with the Cheetahs. It was quite overcast with rain at times, so yes fairly flat muted lighting.
@Steve. I certainly favour using a very shallow DOF. I don't like too much detail in the background but agree going to f5.6 would have been fine with this image. I picked this image from the sequence I took because the visible eyes were pretty much at the same distance from the camera. I like your crop suggestion and will give it a whirl when I fix the colour balance.
Thanks again for your critique. Highly valued and greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Austin
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Look forward hopefully to the RP if you have time Austin, thanks for the updated response.
BTW Are you around over the next few days or away?
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Excellent image Austin. Like the full family portrait.
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What a terrific image, Austin. The behavior and intimacy portrays is over the top. Love the comp as is. Agree there's a slight magenta cast. Just love this!!!
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Love this Austin and I have been following your tweets from your trip. 1DX looks like it performs very well and only nit was the colour issue mentioned above.
As a canon user, magenta colour correction is now pretty much a staple in my workflow.
Sweet image and I know you have more from seeing the tweets of images from your 1DX screen while you were in the field. Hope you all had a good time.
Jamie
Last edited by Jamie Douglas; 10-10-2012 at 12:39 AM.
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Looks spot-on to me, Austin - but viewing on laptop as I'm away for the weekend...
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