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    This big guy got kind of unhappy with me getting too close to him for comfort. Shot from my car at our local Rhino & Lion Nature reserve. Always difficult to decide whether '(C)' is applicable here but I'm playing it safe...

    Al little bit of sharpening & mid-afternoon highlights reduced using LM's. Reds reduced in LR as 'red cast' comments are common for my pics snapped in this red-soil area, specially this time of the year when everything (me too!) awaits the first spring rains and is dirty & dusty as can be. Almost full crop.

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    Nice clean BG and you have gotten good detail out of the face considering the light angle. Nice typical look back pose. I would crop the top bright sky section off and it wouldn't take anything away from the image (I tried it and it looks good). Did yo do NR on the Buffalo? It just seems to be lacking a little detail. Maybe reducing the NR and selective sharpening on the Buffalo would work. Nice one Tobie!

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    Hi Tobie - I like the vertical comp and the look the buff is giving. I agree with Dumay on cropping the bright area out. I do think you can bring out a bit more detail. I know you were there and have mentioned the red soil but the color still doesn't look right to me. It looks more orange than red and there is a cast to the white of the eye. Reducing the reds and yellows makes it look less orange and removes the cast from the eye. There's also some blue in the blacks of the snout. Obviously, a lot of this comes down to personal preference and as I said you were there.

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    Rachel & Dumay, thanks for your input and for looking.

    RP attached (sharpened & cropped). Dumay I have not applied NR so I've applied a few rounds of USM (always afraid of sharpening too much).

    Rachel I'm sitting in a catch 22 - the more I remove reds, the more blues are creeping in. I'm confident though that this is how I've seen it - even the 'white' of the eye looked like he was suffering from a hangover!


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    Hi Tobie, lovely background. I think the image was under-exposed, thus the lack of details on the buffalo and the Bg was probably more bright. The red cast may be a result of under-exposing. Next time try to expose for the buffalo and see if you still have the red cast and have better details. TFS. Loi

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    Quote Originally Posted by Loi Nguyen View Post
    Hi Tobie, lovely background. I think the image was under-exposed, thus the lack of details on the buffalo and the Bg was probably more bright. The red cast may be a result of under-exposing. Next time try to expose for the buffalo and see if you still have the red cast and have better details. TFS. Loi
    Thanks for commenting, Loi. The exposure was done solidly on the buffalo but the sun was a challenge, coming right from the front. 30 minutes later it would have fell on my lens glass. But that's what photography is about. I must admit though that on my monitor I do not see the lack of details you're referring to...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tobie Schalkwyk View Post
    Thanks for commenting, Loi. The exposure was done solidly on the buffalo but the sun was a challenge, coming right from the front. 30 minutes later it would have fell on my lens glass. But that's what photography is about. I must admit though that on my monitor I do not see the lack of details you're referring to...
    Hi Tobie, zoom in at 100% crop, at this close up view you should be able to see the finer details of the fur (or lack thereof). Did you shoot manually? Metering will be tough against a bright BG unless you know exactly how much compensation to dial in. Another clue is the BG should be brighter for conditions you described, but not so bright in your image. Loi

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    I am fine with the image, the brightness, and the framing.

    Where is the camp located? Does it have a fence around it?
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    Thanks Arthur - the animals roam all but the section where the carnivores are kept. The full size of the reserve is 1,200 ha.

    Loi, here's a 100% crop:

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    Thanks Tobie. Same question: is there a fence around the preserve?

    In the same vein, does anyone know if there is a fence around Lake Nakuru NPK?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Morris View Post
    Thanks Tobie. Same question: is there a fence around the preserve?
    Sorry for the late reply Arthur - yes there is.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tobie Schalkwyk View Post
    Sorry for the late reply Arthur - yes there is.
    Thanks Tobie. Better late than never. What do folks think? If there is a fence around a very large reserve are the animals in fact captive? Does anyone know if there is a fence around Nakuru?

    Those interested in addressing these issues are directed to a new thread here.
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    Following up: I have learned that that the Rhino & Lion Nature Reserve is a relatively small 3000 acres and that the predators are in fact kept completely away from the plains animals. In addition you can pet and have your picture taken with lion, tiger, or cheetah cubs for only Rand 30/person/species....

    To me it is absolutely clear that photographs of any animal that were created at the Rhino & Lion Nature Reserve should be labeled as captive. So good on Tobey for correctly marking this image as captive.
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    Thanks for clearing this up Arthur (I've also mentioned the seperate Carnivore camps earlier). They have a seperate 'zoo' section but that's totaly camped off with no way for the 'wildlife' to access it directly - this is where the 'petting' takes place...

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    Understood and YAW. But the fact that the plains animals do not have to worry or interact with the bad boys make the grazers captive.
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