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    Oribi, hope I got that right!
    Taken in Hoanib river bed while following the desert elephants.
    LR, PS Levels, Curve Lumo masks sharpening in PS6. Cropped slightly ( 10-15% ) all around to get a huge elephant "dropping" out of the image. I had it first FF, but somehow that little thing got lost in the image! The dropping is easy to remove just in case anyone suggest to go even wider!
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    f/4.5 1/8000 ( lol ) -0.33

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    Hi Anette - nice job on freezing the motion and capturing it mid-stride. I really like the shadow as well. I do wish the head was a bit more separated from the bg and not slightly away from you. Maybe a bit more contrast just on the steenbok will do the trick.

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    Hi Rachel, thanks so much for your time to comment. Will see what I can do on the BG. Have seen it when I posted it, to late
    Sadly, those always turned around when running away! You say Steenbok, I thought it is a Oribi! Learned again

    Have a great day

    Ciao
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    Hi Anette, having such a high SS has certainly frozen the action, catching the Steenbok in mid flight. Being so close in colour to the environment doesn't really help separate the subject, but obviously there are greater reasons for that, survival. I agree that have the subject running away from you is not ideal, however it's better to get a shot rather than miss it. Overall the colour and tones are well balanced, one or two rocks are hotspots, but certainly no deal breaker. What was the rational for the camera techs? Think -0.3 was right BTW.

    You could try another round of a mid tone adjustment, then a Curves mid tone to lift the whites a reaction (personal choice) and perhaps a 16 x 9 crop working from the bottom RHC?

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    Hi Steve,

    thanks so much that you took the time to comment.

    What was the rational for the camera techs?
    There have been Springbok around. They are fast and certainly jump so high and have such great bouncing "gymnastic" in their repertoire while running. It was a bliss to watch them. I actually just took a few images of those jumping high, bouncing, but most I got "butt" shots. They all thought, as you mentioned already, survive another day! But just to mention this jumping. I only have seen this in the dry river beds, never ever in the Etosha. There I assume the Springbok is to used to cars & people!

    Will try your suggestions :))
    Thanks so much again

    Ciao
    Anette

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    [QUOTE= to get a huge elephant "dropping" out of the image. [/QUOTE]

    This had me falling about laughing! I presume it is a bit like removing a "dust bunny"!

    Regards,

    Gerald

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