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    Despite having fantastic sightings of the mother leopard and her then 8 month old cub, there were not a lot of opportunities to capture them in the same frame. This is one of the few where I was able to do so. The mom is upright and the cub lying down.

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    HH from safari vehicle, cropped for comp, levels, curves, selective color adjustments, sharpened in CS6.

    C&C welcome and appreciated. Thanks,

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    Lovely image Rachel and great sighting. Image looks good to me just maybe a little high on the contrast and may be a just a tad more warmth.

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    Hi Rachel, I think Brendon summed things up well. I too would suggest just a fraction of the saturation, but more importantly the contrast/blacks on the FG leopard. If the FP etc was on the sitting leopard you can't apply the same ruling/settings to the one asleep, as it's not in the same plane. Is this from the 'moving' leopard image you used?

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    Thanks Brendon and Steve for the comments and suggestions. Steve, yes this is from that series but several minutes and frames before that one.

    Thanks again,
    Rachel

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    Beautiful capture Rachel, love the concentration on Mom's face and the cub is so relaxed-great sighting!!!

    Warmest regards,
    Gabriela Plesea

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    Nice to get both leopards together. This really shows the camouflage effect of the tan & black spotted coat.

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    Hi Rachel, very nice capture indeed. I agree with a bit warmer tone with Brendon. I got somehow the feeling the black spots are a tad to much black, but this is just me.
    Overall again excellent done

    have a great day

    Ciao
    Anette

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    Thanks Gabriela, Nancy and Anette, very much appreciated.

    Rachel

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    Nice moment here Rachel - always good to get them together out in the open like this.
    I agree with the comments about contrast in the blacks. Colour looks okay to me, but not viewing on the best monitor at work.
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    Thanks Morkel

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