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    This is my first post on this side of the fence.
    This is a Blackbuck juvenile male from Jayamangali Blackbuck Reserve in my home state - Karnataka.
    Made with a Canon 450D + Sigma 150-500. Handheld from car.
    Exif : F6.3 / ISO 400 / SS 1/160 @ 500mm. Manual / Eval
    Crop / USM / NR / Vibrance.

    Comments & critiques most welcome.

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    Hi Girish, a warm welcome and thanks for posting here, hopefully it will make a change from Avian and this will be the first of many.
    Based on the techs & SS I think you executed the image very well. I like the slight blur of the legs, but you have sharpness in the body & head with some nice body form too. Good DOF with enough compression on the BKG giving a lovely diffused look & feel and plenty of space for the subject to run into.

    Personally, I do feel overall the image is a little 'light' in tonality, plus there seems to be a little Blue & Magenta creeping in, easily addressed. Therefore and these are just my thoughts, hopefully others will chip in too.

    - Just colour correct the Blue & Magenta
    - Slightly desaturate the green to perhaps a slightly softer green colour???? Personal taste
    - Add a mid tone and Curves adjustment to bring a bit more depth overall
    - A couple of points of Black in the neutral & black (Selective colour adjustment)
    - Perhaps say 6 or 8 brightness?

    Depending on your ethics, you may like to soften the highlights arching just in front, over and behind the head

    This is just my take and the adjustments are from my interpretation so feel free to distil from them.

    TFS
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    The repost addresses the issues I saw on first glance. I'd go a notch further toward warming and maybe mask back in the original treatment of the tree in the UR. It went a little too gray for my tastes in the repost.

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    Welcome here Girish!
    Lovely first post, I do love a good motion image of wildlife. Clarity and soft light looks good, showing you can get good results with that Bigma.
    Steve's suggestions are top notch as usual.

    Please post more images and don't be shy to give your own 2 cents on the posts of others.
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    Hi Girish,

    welcome in this part of the forum
    Steve pointed already everything out. He made great suggestions. Steve's RP does it quite for me, but have to agree with the RHS upper tree with Diane. But that is fixed easy.

    Have a great weekend

    Ciao
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    Hi Girish - Welcome to the wildlife forum. As usual, Steve's suggestions and repost addresses the issues well and takes the image up a notch. Looking forward to seeing more of your wildlife images and your participation in other threads.

    TFS,
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    Love the comp, the blur on the hooves really makes him trot. Steve's repost does make the image warmer. Was the slow SS planned?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Kaluski View Post
    Hi Girish, a warm welcome and thanks for posting here, hopefully it will make a change from Avian and this will be the first of many.
    Based on the techs & SS I think you executed the image very well. I like the slight blur of the legs, but you have sharpness in the body & head with some nice body form too. Good DOF with enough compression on the BKG giving a lovely diffused look & feel and plenty of space for the subject to run into.

    Personally, I do feel overall the image is a little 'light' in tonality, plus there seems to be a little Blue & Magenta creeping in, easily addressed. Therefore and these are just my thoughts, hopefully others will chip in too.

    - Just colour correct the Blue & Magenta
    - Slightly desaturate the green to perhaps a slightly softer green colour???? Personal taste
    - Add a mid tone and Curves adjustment to bring a bit more depth overall
    - A couple of points of Black in the neutral & black (Selective colour adjustment)
    - Perhaps say 6 or 8 brightness?

    Depending on your ethics, you may like to soften the highlights arching just in front, over and behind the head

    This is just my take and the adjustments are from my interpretation so feel free to distil from them.

    TFS
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    Hi Steve,

    Thanks very much for your valuable inputs on the image. Much appreciated & learned from.
    Will revisit the RAW file again & try out your suggestions.

    Regards
    Girish

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andre Pretorius View Post
    Love the comp, the blur on the hooves really makes him trot. Steve's repost does make the image warmer. Was the slow SS planned?
    Hi Andre,

    Thanks very much for your comments. The slow SS was not planned. It was what i had to use in the manual mode, to get a reasonable exposure without under exposing or over cooking the image.
    Also, the fact that the sun was just peeping out added to the slow SS.

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    Hi Diane, Morkel, Annette, Rachel

    Thank you all for the warm welcome.
    Even though, i have very few images to post in this forum, i am looking forward to participating in the other threads.

    Regards
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    Love the moving BG. Nicely timed with the strut.

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