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    A female leopard hangs out on a tree @ Timbavati. She looked so relaxed and comfortable as if she was sitting on her arm-chair! I liked the straight gaze she gave me.
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    Lovely image, Sanjeev! I love that blank stare - definitely daydreaming, in a world of her own! The sunlight on her left cheek adds a nice warm element to the scene.

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    Really nice to get true, rich colours even when the bg is white and blown out. You did well. I don't think the bottom rh section adds much so I would crop off that and focus in more on the subject.
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    Hello Sanjeev!

    You have so many lovely leopard images, some of them from South Africa. If I remember well, you have some great tiger images too. I'll trade you a Kalahari lion for a tiger?

    This leopard has had its fill and is so relaxed...Nice detail and sharpness, if I were to nit pick I would say the tip of the tail is a tad too close to the LHS edge. I think IQ easily allows you to crop a tad more from the top and bottom, WDYT? Lovely dreamy pose, enjoyed viewing, TFS

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    Gabriela Plesea

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    Hi Sanjeev - Definitely a relaxed and stuffed leopard. You handled the exp well. I see the impala that she's dined on to the left so I probably would have shifted the whole comp to the left a bit to include more of the kill and give the tail a little more room. As is I would agree with the suggestions to crop some from bottom and top. For me particularly crop the bits of sky coming through above the thick branch so that the branch is the top edge above the leopard. Did you lighten the eyes? If so, I would back off slightly.

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    Hi Sanjeev very nice handling of the lightning situation , shooting against the pale sky . You have very nice detail and tone/color in the subject . Very well done!!
    The relaxed pose is looking very cool .
    Overall i do find the 3/4 tones a bit too light thinking about shooting conditions , the overall balance of light does look a tiny bit too even . But this is just me.

    Processed with DPP 4 ?

    TFS Andreas

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    Hi Sanjeev, well done in pulling this off as it can be tough one with the metering. Lovely relaxed pose, although it doesn't look that comfortable. As the LHS is tight, glad you didn't clip the tail, would agree with Ed about loosing some image content off the RHS.

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    Super image Sanjeev. Agree with more on LHS. Looks totally at home there. Great colours and tones

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