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I really like the concept of "below 100mm" as a different approach to wildlife images. It works well with these ellies as they are certainly big enough to be important elements in the image. And by encompassing a wider angle with more environment and other elephants, a story can be conveyed. I like that several of the ellies are above the horizon and backed only by sky, to make them easily visible. I can picture where this is as I was on the Chobe in the same place just a month after you last year.
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Cheers Nancy & Rachel!
Rachel:
1. Re halo - noted it after posting, but it's not there on my initial 1920px jpg from the high res, and not on the other 1000px version I save for other uses (bigger than 400kb). It seems it may be a compression halo from rendering this 36mp FF image down to a size that BPN can handle, been seeing that a lot in my postings from images taken with the D800 where there's a distinct sky/subject separation. I might need to find a better way to work down those files to the 400kb limit 
2. Re RP - I see where you were going, though I agree it was overdone but to prove a point it works. I think somewhere between them would be ideal - that being said I went for a very natural look&feel exposure wise, I felt it reflects conditions on the day, but it doesn't hurt teasing out some more detail in the subjects to make them stand out more eh...
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Very nice scene, I would like to see the post a little lighter as well.., probably the ground and Eliies as I like the sky as is.
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A typical Chobe scene Morkel - great concept idea - Perhaps this or something similar could be incorporated in one of our themes later on down the line. Agree with some subtle lightening but not too much.
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Hi Morkel love the scene with the elephants in the water and on the edge plus the ones already walking away , this image tells a story we might imagine what happened .
Nicely composed with a great sky . Like the colors and tones overall but i might also go a bit lighter in the 3/4 tones , Rachel went way too far , just looks washed out now .
Regarding your halo (s) , not only where the ellies meet the sky
. From my experience with my own images it is just a sharpening issue , if the halo is visible in the HiRes ( even only slightly) you amplify the halo depending on the downsizing algorithm more or less . It has not that much to do with the final file size, saying this a gutt feeling .
Are you still using Phillip Perolds action for web resizing ?
I did not not like it because his action amplifies those halos , from my POV.
TFS Andreas
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Awesome scene Morkel. I like the dramatic sky, the landscape and the elephants on land & in water. Wonderfully captured.
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Hi Morkel
Agree would see the Ellies bit lighter, love the story in the image. Very dramatic skies!
Will there be a sub folder for lions in your project?
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Lovely shot Morkel - it looks like the two ellies are having a serious discussion (probably talking about the tourists?)! I love the sky and agree with a version between Rachel's and yours.
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Thanks for your thoughts, folks!

Originally Posted by
Andreas Liedmann
Regarding your halo (s) , not only where the ellies meet the sky

. From my experience with my own images it is just a sharpening issue , if the halo is visible in the HiRes ( even only slightly) you amplify the halo depending on the downsizing algorithm more or less . It has not that much to do with the final file size, saying this a gutt feeling .
Are you still using Phillip Perolds action for web resizing ?
I did not not like it because his action amplifies those halos , from my POV.
TFS Andreas
Hey Andreas - I didn't use the Perold action here, I used one of Hougaard Malan's actions for landscapes which normally works very well and I thought it would because of the landscape nature of the shot. I used his action to go from full res to 1920px and didn't sharpen again from there after going down to 1000px as it looked sharp enough. As I said at 1920px the halos are not there so will probably just rework and manually sharpen to see if it makes a difference...
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Wow .. wonderful composition here...the low level shot and the 2 elephants walking behind turning other way round creates a scene of their natural environment and activity.. TFS :)
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Hi Morkel, I like this 'animalscape' and is a nice change. The feeling of being in the water is a good one and I like the split/ration of land to sky. The dramatic sky brings a nice impact to the scene, but glad it's not to dramatic or pushed. In an ideal world, having the two elephants walking on the RHS would have been better if it was towards you rather than walking away, but that's life.
So this year, are you 'mothballing' all large lens and to push yourself with smaller ones?
TFS
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Hi Morkel just tried Hougaard´s latest action on my upcoming post , as i thought it just amplifies any halo by the way the file gets downsized and sharpened , just my impression .
I tried to safe the same file with 400 kb and with a 1000 kb , opened both in PS there is no significant difference in the halos , in the 400 kb file i had more issues with posterization rather than halo .
Well Morkel just my observations with my images , must not be the same with yours , what i normally do before resizing i add a final levels layer and check if there are any enemies in the file , like halo/ dust bunnies etc. If i find a halo i look for the layer who caused the halo and try to reduce or completely eliminate the halo . But i also forget to do some times or i am in a rush
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Cheers Andreas
BTW - if you want to use an action that works better in terms of halos ( but has not got the HL stuff like Hougaard ) and has got more options , even with an automated water sign applied . Just google " Andreas Resch " he is an Austrian landscape photographer and you can download the web sharpening action for free on his website , just give it a go and compare .
Last edited by Andreas Liedmann; 01-07-2015 at 03:11 PM.
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