Hyena Cub

[Rachel Hollander]

Another from the den in the Timbavati Game Reserve, South Africa. This was one of the cubs who was a few months old at the time. Taken at about 4:30 pm as the nice light was starting to hit the den site.

Canon 5D3
300 II
1/640
f5.6
ISO 800
Beanbag from safari vehicle, cropped for comp, shot vertical, luminosity mask, levels, curves, selective burning and selective color adjustments, sharpened in CCPS.

C&C welcome and appreciated. Thanks,

Rachel

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Wow great eye contact here Rachel. I like the vertical comp, the details, the colours everything. Nice one.

[Gabriela Plesea]

Hello Rachel,

This is really a cute little cub, and am I glad I did not post my ugly hyena next to it:))

Lovely warm light and the pose is very sweet; I like the detail, love those little paws, cub so nice and relaxed and there's eye contact too. The vertical framing works for me here, nothing to distract the viewer in the FG or BG and my eyes focus entirely on this little bundle of fur and its two little black pearls (the eyes).

You know I love these little guys and I really appreciate the opportunity to view another image, looking forward to more if you have

Warmest regards,

[Mark Needham]

These little cubs are so adorable. Always like it when the rangers take us to the hyena dens; the cubs are so inquisitive and cute. Great processing here to handle the light and shadows - well done.

[Andre Pretorius]

Hi Rachel

Stunning capture and comp- love the space in front, he can streeetch....
DOF very effective, glad he did not sneeze at that SS!, nice to keep ISO down.
I can see Gabriela wanting to kiss that muzzle!
Very crisp!

BTW: What are your image size for posting verticals, resized an image from Tiff(190MB), at 100% for Saving for Web was about 245kb??? Decided not to post.

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks Sanjeev, Gabriela, Mark and Andre for the kind comments.

Andre - I post my vertical images at 900 px high and optimize all my images to 395kb in Save for Web.

Thanks again,
Rachel

[Mike Poole]

Great detail of a frighteningly cute subject! The low POV is spot on and lovely warm light

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Rachel this is a very nice work of a cute little subject .
All is working very good together , i really like the soft colors and tones you brought out .DOF is just spot on , cannot be better .

TFS Andreas

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Rachel, excellent detail on the cub, well exposed, and I like the 'dusty' nose. The little guy certainly seems inquisitive with that stare, and he blends in nicely with the sandy enviroment. Great angle shooting from the vehicle.

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks Mike, Andreas and Stu, much appreciated.

[Douglas Bolt]

Nice composition. Like the eye contact and especially the toes. Don't usually see their toes so well.

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks Douglas

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Rachel, these guys, this one in particular, were really very cute and obliging and this one just adored being shot I feel.

Both angle of the incline it was lying on and your position, created a very nice composition, although I still think you could still loose some off the top, but your call.

TFS
Steve

[Gabriela Plesea]

Rachel...I had to look again...still loving it, just as much...nope not trying to please you, telling the truth...and I would kiss this little muzzle if I had the chance, smelly or not, Andre is right...

More hyena pleeeeeease....

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks Steve and Gabriela