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Very cool, and unique image, Rachel. I like the shower of dirt, the thin coat on the old bull, colors on the horns, and that sprig of green in his mouth keeps the eye coming back to the face - the only green in the image, in fact. HA is fine as well for this. Looks maybe a bit crisp. Very nicely done. TFS
Last edited by John Ippolito; 05-05-2013 at 04:36 PM.
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At first I didn't even notice the greens till I saw your description. Without your description though I kept thinking the bg had a blurring effect done to it but only in the middle. Now I see what I am looking at. I wish the HA was a little more towards the viewer
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Hi Rachel, interesting, but without the intro it maybe unclear what was happening, so thanks for that.
I might suggest going tighter on the crop, loosing more off the LHS and perhaps just darkening the top third, however this is viewed on a laptop so may not be applicable?
TFS
Steve
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Nice moment and great clarity in the details here, Rachel!
Agree with Steve on slicing some off the LHS...
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Thanks John, Cheryl, Steve and Morkel. I'll take a look at the crop from the left.
Thanks again,
Rachel
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Such impressive animals. With all the bugs hovering around I would imagine a dirt bath would probably be quite refreshing. Like others, I like the bit of green.
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Beautiful image, love the grass in the mouth :))
The details are great. Everything is said already above, but this image would be a great B&W :))
Have a great day
Ciao
Anette
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Thanks Steve and Anette, much appreciated.
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I like the image.
The term dagga is interesting. In Afrikaans dagga has 2 meanings, one is for cannabis and the other is the term used in some of the African, read South African, languages for a cement mixture. The clothes of the workers (called boys or boois) working with the cement is usually covered with the white pieces of cement.
Dagga boys is the term used to describe the older Buffalo bulls, usually kicked out of the main herd, very aggressive and with some hair loss on the body. The skin without hair then turns whitish and also with rough patches and that looks like dried cement or dagga. Thus: dagga boys.
Ben
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Thanks Ben, interesting explanation of the term.