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    This pair was photographed at Torrey Rim (8655 ft) in the Whiskey Basin Wildlife Habitat Management Area in Dubois, WY last December. This area holds the largest wintering herd of Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep in the world and this day sure didn't disappoint. It was a rather treacherous ride to the top but what a dream come true once there. We were able to witness and photograph the sheep frolicking, nursing, grazing and mating. It was truly a treat. For this image, I was lying flat on my belly on a rock using a bean bag and hand holding.

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    Hi Marina - This is a very sweet image. The low pov works well as does your choice of dof. Detail and sharpness also look good. The only thing I wonder about is the comp, I wonder if this is one of the instances in which a centered comp would work better. As presented it feels slightly unbalanced to me but let's see what others say.

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    I really like the positions of the mom & youngster! Good choice to lay on the ground. I find myself doing that more and more. Very nice palette of browns in the image. I am fine with the comp but I think the small grayish rock on the left side just at the rear of the sheep draws the eye towards that side and maybe contributes to some unbalance. This could easily be cloned.

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    Hi Marina, I can't help but feel they appear to be falling towards the bottom LHS of the image. You could clone out the rock as that was one of the things that came to mind before reading Nancy's comments or alternatively maybe extend the canvas. Just my two cents and besides that, nice image and good techs especially DOF.

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    Hi Marina, getting low and dirty is the way to go on this and agree, more space to the LHS would help to balance the overall image IMHO. Adding a Luminosity adjustment layer I think will just take it up a notch and add a bit more depth to the image.

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    Very nice, Marina!
    I would have liked a wee bit more room on our LHS - do you have it?
    Steve's made some good suggestions as usual
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    Thank you so much for all the comments, and the suggestions which I will attempt to apply.
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