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    Another from my early morning sighting at the hyena den in the Timbavati Game Reserve in South Africa.

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    HH from safari vehicle, cropped to portrait from landscape, levels, curves, selective color adjustments, sharpened in CS5.

    C&C welcome and appreciated. Thanks,

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    Great interaction between the two.

    The image looks a little soft compared to your normal posting, so perhaps a step missed?

    I would crop closer, reducing the FG space.

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    Thanks Russell. You're right about the sharpness so here's a repost with another round applied. Though I'm wondering if it isn't a slight amount of motion blur in the mouth area also. I think cropping further would probably just augment the issue so I'm hesitant to do so.

    Thanks again,
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    Hi Rachel
    Repost looks better ito sharpness...
    It'd be strange given the behaviour shown that 1/800 wasn't fast enough to freeze the mouth totally...
    The eye looks sharp enough though?
    Nice moment - do you have more space on the RHS to include mom's whole leg?
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    Nice behavioural moment captured and I would agree with others re sharpening. Would also have liked to see the adult leg included in its full.

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    Thanks Morkel and Hilary. Here it is with more of the adult's leg.

    Thanks again,
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    Hi Rachel, well it's the last posting for me that works the best. Good call on Morkels behalf and well done to have the extra image. I would look at Russell's comment too, about reducing some of the FG, although bordering on square, it might be worth exploring I feel. I wondering if a hint more selective USM could still be applies around the eye/face?

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    Thanks Steve. This comp works for me.

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    Wonderful capture. I guess the little one was being naughty. Like the final RP the best and agree on a tad off the bottom if it doesn't hurt the image too much.
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