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    Default The great thing about zebra stallions.....

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    ....is that they are very inquisitive and will often approach when you get out and lie on the ground as I did on this occasion. (I was with Kirstie and Sukey only so didn't have the problem of guests jumping out of the vehicle to join me!). I enjoyed playing with the low angle and blending the FG and BG with the subjects. 3 is a good number as there is a chance that they'll all co-operate at the same time. Colours are as I remember, but I'm about to print this large as a present for someone so would love any suggestions.

    EOS 1D4, 500mm f4 @ f5, 1/1250sec, ISO 800. Cropped slightly to balance composition.

    Thanks in advance.

    Ed

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    Hi Ed - gorgeous light. The low pov works really well. It's great that you got all 3 to cooperate and look towards you. The only thing I might consider doing before printing is burning some of the brighter grasses sticking up in front of the zebras.

    TFS,
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    Beautiful light and pose on this trio Ed, I'd try and extract a tad more detail on the middle one's black muzzle before printing, Rachel's FG grasses tip is also a possibility if so inclined.

    TFS


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    Hi Ed , very great colors , love them .
    Lovely trio facing the viewer .Comp works nice but if you have a tad more room on LHS would not hurt , for me .
    Not knowing much about printing , but i would try to open up the muzzle as per Marcīs suggestion . I personally would not care about the grass , but would keep an eye on the HL in the subjects think there is more detail to extract . Red channel is blown in the web size , likewise all three channels are choked on the other side of the histogram .
    Maybe that is not affecting the print ?

    TFS Andreas

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    Hi Ed, cracking light and a very nice composition to boot! Agree that the middle Zebra needs some adjustment just to lift the darker parts, a Channel Curves selection or just a simple revisit to the RAW. I also like the 'apple' green of the FG vegetation and 'patchiness' allows a nice transparency in parts and adds to a layering of the image. The BKG trees also work within the composition of the zebras and helps separation. Might have gone to f/5.6.

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    Hey Edward. Killer light, killer angle, killer poses!
    I love the layering through the foliage too, and good suggestions have been made above for processing for your print version.
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    hi Ed, Gorgeous light. Nothing much to add. Agrred on the suggestion of opening up a little on the middle one and a little more LHS. Loi

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    Thanks all - much appreciated. I wish I had more on the LHS but I don't - sadly. I can lift details on muzzle and wouldn't have thought to do so, so thanks. I'm happy with the grasses as they are but I see that some are a little bright. Will play with it and see how it looks.
    So many thanks.
    Ed

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    Dear Edward,

    This is such a great image and the colours are superb!

    Glad the subjects cooperated, what lovely pose. I particularly like the detail on the zebra, this is so well processed and delightful to view, congrats Ed!

    Kind regards,
    Gabriela Plesea

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