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Excellent image Morkel. The DOF is good, the details are there in the dark areas and water drops are not blown, superb exposure on this one. The drama, emotion and commotion are all there. TFS.
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Very dynamic! I would not have thought to try such a slow shutter speed on such action but the image turned out so crisp and full of detail. Awesome composition with a V of incoming animals, the group splash and then separate heads and horns so visible in the water. Spectacular! This is on my bucket list to experience.
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A good sense of motion Morkel. I like the image design (Y shape)—with topography, vertical was the way to shoot this scene. The green grass adds a nice touch of color to the image.
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Nice head on shot Morkel. The migration is never short on drama.
I like the depth of this image. The slow ss has really made the most of the water splashes without affecting the sharpness of the wildebeest.
I can see Rachel's point about the clump of grass but I think I prefer the original crop.
For me the grass adds a splash of colour in an otherwise brown image. Yes it does immediately catch the eye but I find that it makes an excellent starting point as my eye then follows the action down into the water.
I even would keep the partial wildebeest on top right as - for me - it shows that the action is ongoing.
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I like the grass, adds some color contrast
This picture is fantastic
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I like it as presented, Morkel!
The shutter choice works well here - gives a great sense of action.
TFS
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Good drama here Morkel, and prefer your posting, love the 3 heads in the 2nd row as they grapple to keep their heads up.
I think 1/80s was just about right to capture this moment.
TFS
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Morkel your vertical crop is great. Super capture. For me the grass adds to the image as it also allows one to see another wildebeest coming in from there. With all the other It tells the story.TFS
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I too give my vote to Morkel's crop, even though Rachel is right about the grass, it does catch the eye somehow. But I would not want to lose the dramatic tumble of the two beesies (wildebeest) at the top, and especially the one on the left-such a precarious descent, well captured Brendon, dramatic indeed!
Warmest regards,
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Great shot Morkel...! Though about B&W?? bet you have...
DON
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Killer action photo, the SS looks about perfect to me, nice execution of your vision.
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Lovely image Bud, i do like Rachels RP, comp wise it works better for me, i really like the three sharp heads in the middle and there is some nice movement in the image, in a perfect world i would have liked to see a little more movement and still maintain the three sharp heads in the middle but i appreciated these image are not that simple to capture.
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Thanks for the wonderful discussion, folks.
Rachel - I understand why you want to crop like that, and it does work for me, but I prefer the OP comp for the same reasons others have pointed out.
I took many photos of this crossing so perhaps there's one in there that looks more blurry and still has something sharp, will have to dive in!
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Hi Morkel,
Good thinking with the slow ss. I think you might have gone slower as in this size of image, I'm only just discerning the motion blur. Perhaps it would be more visible at a full size image...
Ed
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