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    I thought I had discovered a new mamma species!

    I also confused myself. The title should have said "Eight-Legged Wildebeest"

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    The wildebeest was severely under-exposed and I tried to save the image by bringing up the exposure by 1.3 EV in LR5. Amazingly, there is not much noise.

    Original horizontal, cropped for square to preserve the Acacia tree. A loose crop does not seem to work here as the main subject is the wildebeest.

    In LR5
    Adjusted WB, lightened up the eyes

    In CS6
    Levels, Curves, added Sat +10, UMS.

    Love to hear your thoughts.

    Thanks

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    How cool is that? Great out of the box shot

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    Hi Loi - fun shot and I agree about your title. It takes a second to fully recognize what you are seeing. Unfortunately, IQ isn't quite there and it does look like it has been heavily recovered. There's also a blue cast to the hill in the bg. Was there a slope or is a little cw rotation in order?

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    A fun frame and title! Also curious about the "lay of the land" and think it needs rotation? Can't comment on the quality with the screen I'm viewing on at the moment...
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    Hi Loi, certainly a fun image, however looking at the contents of the image, the Wildebeest was showing signs of being nervous .
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    Fun image! Needs rotation as said. Might try to blur the background a little to smooth the areas around the acacia tree.
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    Sorry, been away on business and not being able to respond. I debated how much rotation and left at this position. The wildebeest were standing on an uphill slope and the mountain in the BG had a down hill slope, so more rotation CW made it look odd too. Anyway, I know the IQ isn't quite there since I under-exposed it by quite a bit. I also need to get myself a better monitor. I have 2 monitors, one at work and one at home and this image looks too flat and bright on my work monitor. Loi

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