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    Impala in the savannah woodlands
    Mala Mala, South Africa
    Canon 6D
    Zeiss 80-200 @ 180mm
    1/500 ISO 400 f/5.6
    HH and manual focus
    LR to kill hightlights/shadows, reduce whites and blacks
    Luminosity masks in PS CC for brights/darks and sharpening (trying something different in the workflow)
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    Beautiful, Ed! Love the eye contact and the shadow patterns on the body. The piece of grass dangling from the mouth adds a little character!

    These guys with the long horns are always difficult to crop because they prevent you from bringing the animal really close but I'd still add just a little space at the top. But nice, regardless!

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    Hi Ed, excellent details and composition. The dappled light on the body was a nice touch and added some depth to the image. The BG was a bit busy though. Loi

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    Hi Ed,

    nice portrait here, details are great... what a bout the blue color cast in the shadows? Do you prefer this or would it look better without for you? I am just asking, because many leave the blue in the shadow simply because they like it, others take it out. A personal taste again :))

    Have a great day

    Ciao Anette

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    Hi Ed - Nice impala portrait with good detail and the framing works for me. I agree with Anette on the blues but if it were mine I would at least remove the blues from the whites, particularly by the mouth. Also, careful on the use of masks there is evidence of some imprecise masks around the horns and neck.

    TFS,
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    Hi Ed

    Other techs covered above, bit too much magenta in horns- try masked sat layer and reduce saturation on reds/magentas.

    Beware when you do curves, you easily loose detail when manipulating that evil curve, change blending mode to luminosity, not so drastic..

    I find it easier to to do different painted layer masks and work in layers, than Select using marching ants. One can feather the painted mask more, do not go right to the edge, it easily over bleeds and give
    a sharp edge.

    If you want to blur the BG use the brush at a higher % at the further BG and reduce % as getting closer to subject.

    Hope it helps..
    Regards

    Andre.

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    Apart from the horns there is alot to like here, although maybe a little too sharp in places.

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    Hi Ed,
    nice portrait of the Impala . Bg is a bit busy , not much you can do , maybe reducing the overall contrast on the BG .
    Color is a bit too saturated for my taste , too much blue and magenta creeping in.
    It looks like color fringing appearing in the trees in the BKG , maybe i am wrong on that , or it just another greenish color creeping.
    Any use of NR ? In the Impala is no fine detail visible , looks like NR to me, i could be well wrong.

    TFS Andreas

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    Hi Edward
    I think the framing looks good and there is good amount of detail. Most other has been mentioned but for me the biggest issue for you is the magenta on some of the neck and horns. TFS

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