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    Image of a classic East African tusker taken in 2013. Mid day overcast sky.

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    Hi Loi - Those are certainly some big tusks and a classic scene. I like it when you can isolate a big tusker like this. Nice pov. I would crop about half of the sky out to make it less 50/50 between land and sky. There's also a yellow cast to the image so I would reduce the yellows and darken the greens of the grasses in a hue/saturation layer. Adding a couple of points of black to the neutrals and blacks in selective color also helps to bring out a bit more detail in the ele. Here's a quick rp to give you an idea. Also, just watch the halo coming in around the ele.

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    Lovely specimen! Rachel's repost is better ito colour balance. I can never resist the urge to see what these big boys look like in the timeless medium of monochrome, so here's a quick one...WDYT?
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    This is indeed lovely Loi, and there's no distraction whatsoever to make me take my eyes off the ellie, nice clean image and works perfectly in colour as well as B/W. Great angle and POV, well framed and I like the presentation. Cannot comment on colour unfortunately, I am on my laptop (at work).

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    Just got back from travel for work. Thank you Rachel for re-working my image. You brought out more details for sure.

    i always felt the image colors were a bit weak, so love the B&W rendition that Morkel did. I'm on the iPAD now, but will re work it in B&W and may be it is now worth a print! So thank you Morkel.



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    Absolutely agree with the b&w. The colours weren't up to much because of the light and the monochrome has a lot of presence.
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