Image taken at Emdoneni rehab centre for cats. Unfortunately was not able to get to Cheetahs until late afternoon, by then light has faded.
D3S with 300F2.8 handheld.
Shot from kneeling position to get correct angle.
Lens wide open to quench the thirst for light- 2.8 with ISO 1250.
Only managed 1/800 with VR on.
Tried Radial filter in LR and basics. ( the Dropper tool was used as always to set WB, but result was not resembling as seen, temp slightly raised)
Sharpening done in LR
CS6 with various adj layers.
Resized, convert to s-RGB, selective sharpening for web.
A pole in far BG removed and some gardening done on direct FG.







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No too worried about the blacks, but the whites I would revisit, ie on the face and the tip of the tail, but viewing on the laptop so... Personally I might just even up the BKG above the head just for continuity. I would also address the slight blue cast in the whites.
. I have spent more than 20 years close to animals, I still can't predict them? Isn't the image named Hindsight?


