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Hi Carl - Nice walking pose and sharpness. Interesting backstory because I do think of cheetahs as more prevalent in open grassy areas. I agree with your self-assessment of the bg being busy but it is interesting to see them in a different environment. Unfortunately, I think the branches and burned area compete with the cheetah and its spots. I also think you may have gone too far in trying to correct color casts as the cheetah looks a little light, maybe bring back some of the saturation. What's the line of white in the upper left area?
TFS,
Rachel
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hi Carl, nice walking pose and a good story to go with it. I agree with Rachel regarding the busy background competing with the cheetah. Colors are a bit light. Loi
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Thanks Rachel and Loi. The white streak is ash.
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A nice sighting, Carl. I have to agree the surroundings make it hard for the cheetah to stand out. Flat, shrubless burnt ground would be a different story altogether
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I agree these cats can surprise us - I've heard of a number of them who actually prefer rocky kopjes to savanna and hunt very successfully there. One only has to look at the number of cheetah sightings recorded in northern Kruger as well to understand that they are quite adaptable.
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Hi Carl i am fine with the habitat , it was that way , could be better , but............ shooting a cheetah is all the time good and interesting .
Agree on colors are a bit light , i would would reduce the blue component in the blacks
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TFS Andreas
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Thanks Morkel, Andreas and Andre - Morkel I have some shrub less ones but I still need to sort a decent one. My objective here was to portray something different knowing that it may not be everyone's 'cup of tea' but hopefully presentable enough. I'm sure I can improve on it as Andre has kindly shown but for me I quite like it, whether for a 'memory keeper' or for a book I intend to write one day.
Ethology is something I have observed for so long that I want to try and experiment with it in photography but in a different concept. This above is not one of them but hopefully I will find something soon to offer it here and see how it is received. As most people will comment and say at the end of the day it is whether you are happy or not with your image is what counts. This is a bit of a catch 22 situation because even if it well processed and 1 or 2 out of 10 are in favour of it, then that kind of tells you it may not be worth keeping. Therein lies the issue for me - where to take it from there. I guess I'll find out in time.
Thanks again all and Andre lakis for making the effort to help me improve