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    Zebras @ waterhole in Etosha, late afternoon. C&C welcome.
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    Hi Ben - An instantly recognizable as Etosha scene. Nice light and you did well with the exp for both the bright and shadowed areas caused by the side lighting. Good job on the reflection too. If it were mine I would crop down from the top to just below the patch of grass/dirt and the dead wood to create an all rock bg.

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    Hi Ben, very good light and good composition. I like the reflection, but wish that there wasn't ripples in the water to have better defition, but I guess that was not possible with so many zebras drinking at the same time. TFS. Loi

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    Nice Etosha scene here, Ben! I support Rachel's crop suggestion, and would add a hint more midtone contrast or local contrast enhancement to the scene...
    Maybe also toning down overall highlights through a luminosity mask at about 20% opacity?
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    It's almost instantly recognisable as an Etosha scene, nicely composed with a great reflection Ben, I agree with Rachel's alternate top cropping and Morkel's highlights reduction.

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    Hi Ben very nice and typical Okaukuejo scene very well captured.
    I like the symmetrical line up of the Zebras with that soft light filling the scene.
    Good suggestions regarding crop /tones by the others in which i agree.

    TFS Andreas

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    Thanks for the comments and suggestions. I made some changes-? comments.
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    Hi Ben better than OP , but the cloning is just too obvious , i think .
    I just took the OP , cropped it , pushed it a bit with MY LCE and multiplied the red channel at 20% opacity.

    WDYT? Cheers Andreas

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    Very lovely composition with all the zebras lined up and drinking together, plus capturing the reflections! Great that you didn't have the odd zebra turn away or another animal jump into the scene. I think you could crop just a tiny bit more from the top of your repost, but not quite as much as Andreas' posting. I'm good with the tones of the zebras in your repost, the center ones seem a bit too dark in pane #8. But that could be due to slightly different monitors and browsers.

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    Thanks for the comments and suggestions. The centre one is darker than the rest-darker skin. I also think the second crop is slightly better than the third.
    Ben

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    Good morning Ben!

    Indeed a lovely image taken in beautiful light! Sharp where needs be and I like the warmth. Makes me want to go to Etosha.

    I like your RP very much, although if I were to pick my favourite here it would have to be Andreas's version - it adds more emphasis on the zebra and enhances reflections.
    Overall a beautiful image Ben, congratulations! Never easy to get one's zebra lined up, I tried in vain in the Kruger Park, some character always decided to break the line or another species entered the space...

    Kind regards,
    Gabriela Plesea

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    Gorgeous - Ben your RP is spot on.
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