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Hi Tobie - Always nice to see 2 rhinos, especially in the wild. The poaching numbers are horrible. We can only hope that in the new year the poachers are stopped. These rhinos are doing what they typically do, grazing. Nice low pov and dof. The hitchhiker on the one on the left adds to the image. Looks like the light was pretty harsh and I find the highlights a bit too strong. There are many ways you can address this and might consider dropping the exp about -1/3 in the raw converter. You could then apply a luminosity mask to selectively deal with the brightest highlights. If it were mine I would also drop the cyans significantly to get rid of the fringing in the tree and some of the cast to the hills and I would darken the greens of the grasses and bushes.
TFS,
Rachel
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Awesome image Tobie, great clear view of the pair. Though the light was strong you handled it well. Agree with your sentiments reg these magnificent animals. Good techs too.
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Originally Posted by
Rachel Hollander
Looks like the light was pretty harsh and I find the highlights a bit too strong. There are many ways you can address this and might consider dropping the exp about -1/3 in the raw converter. You could then apply a luminosity mask to selectively deal with the brightest highlights. If it were mine I would also drop the cyans significantly to get rid of the fringing in the tree and some of the cast to the hills and I would darken the greens of the grasses and bushes.
TFS, Rachel
Thanks for looking & commenting, Rachel! I have in fact reduced exposure by -0.71 in the RAW converter (on the OP) before following up with a few adjustments in PS as mentioned by you. I'm actually quite prepared to play some more with a few ideas around this one so I've now adjusted the PP'd version somewhat to get closer to what you've suggested (all in LR): Lowered exposure another -0.83, contrast -17, highlights -100, ticked Remove Chromatic Aberration and made a few 'Defringe' adjustments. WDYT?
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awesome share! I find the repost very pleasing and need to learn this stuff for my birds
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Hi Tobie,
the RP does it for me. Very nee animals and hope they live long on our planet.
Caio
Anette
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Nice encounter Tobie and great to see two quietly grazing.
In something like this I do find the road a little irritation, but that's the location, roads traverse properties and if this is where you found them, so be it. Comparing the two side by side, the OP wins for me, the RP is just too dark and you loose some of the more refining points you had. I do find the Greens and Blues a little strong and if it was me I would look to adjusting them and to back off, but you were there. I would also look to applying some Graduate filters to bring back some depth in the road & skyline.
TFS
Steve
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Nice sighting to enjoy, especially in light of the current situation as you pointed out, Tobie...
I feel the repost is an improvement, though I can see Steve's point and would probably go for a version that is somewhere between the two exposure-wise.
The 70-200mm lenses benefit greatly from removing chromatic abberation in LR/PS RAW modules...
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