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An overall pleasing scene here Rachel, showing good colour and workable light, the ele on RHS is tight and would've liked some more sky, but I see your at your widest here with the 70-200.
Yes agree the grass stalks on the right are obvious, with one option to crop them and the ele on RHS (+clean up remaining grass) to just leave the 5 as an alternative image.
TFS
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Great image and scene rachel, really like the detail and textures as well as the reflections, i may just punch the blues in the sky and water a little and possibly add just a little exposure to the eles as they may be a little dark, or it may be my eyes, lets see what everyone else has to say ;-)
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Nice scene Rachel, but I agree that the grass blades are quite distracting - I'd crop off the RHS and from the bottom to lose the grass and rightmost ele :)
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Thanks guys for the comments and suggestions. As always, they are much appreciated.
Thanks again,
Rachel
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Hi Rachel, very nice image. You had good advice above. Why not go pano and crop out the grass up front? TFS. Loi
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Hi Loi = thanks for the suggestion but that won't work because I'd have to lose the reflections and the grasses even extend into the ele on the rhs. As I said in my intro, I've got other images with less elephants without the grass. This one just had them all lined up drinking nicely.
Thanks again,
Rachel
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Hi Rachel nice theme opener for this month .
I like the line up of elephants , the colors look very nice . I am 50/50 about the RHS but understand your point .Tones /contrast are looking ok , to me.
I would just push the level for the whites to 225 and mask out the real HL to get a more open image from the tonal POV .All is looking a bit more full of life after that move , saying this from my POV , just my 2 cents.
TFS Andreas
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Rachel, if I said the grass actually gives some perspective and depth to this image, would you believe me?
It does seem a tad tight on the RHS but since you are not a fan of cloning I am happy to leave the issue and admit this is a great image to start the August theme! I am pleased you had so many amazing sightings on this trip! Love the colours and the reflection is great, the baby ellies a great bonus and overall a very pleasing image - great work!
Warmest regards,
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Hi Rachel, a nice surprise that morning and fun just to sit & watch whilst they came to drink. Agree on cropping on the RHS, but I think the crop then needs to work in pro. If you have just tweaked the axis on the Curves then I would back off on the Black, even set it back to zero. If you have done anything more in the Curves adj I might turn it off. Like the two babies being flanked either side by the adults.
TFS
Steve
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Thanks Andreas, Gabriela and Steve, much appreciated.