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i think this looks fantastic. The punchy blacks are awesome, and the background edit works well. I wouldn't change anything in this image. Thanks for sharing.
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Hi Morkel, even though I have been reading up on HK images, am still very much a novice in this area. Nevertheless, I like the effect, especially with the elephants almost popping off the page. Great detail where it is needed. Overall a super shot with excellent PP
TFS
Kind regards, Charleen
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Hi Morkel , really like the pose of the ellies having fun in the water , for my taste they are placed too central in the frame , sadly . I like the tones in the subjects with this punchy blacks , but the BKG is not working for me , does look too OOTB and too much detail . I think it would work better for me if the BKG detail goes really flat and light .
TFS Andreas
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Nice interaction and detail on the two guys. Looks like they're having fun. I find the BG trees and grasses in the water to look a little too much like charcoal drawings. Don't mind that look but the difference between subject and BG processing seems to be in conflict with each other (similar to selective coloring of eyes in a B/W image)
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Nice image and interesting subjects. The blotchy look to the OOF trees in the background seem to draw my attention. I wonder if you considered giving the trees a little - green and yellow color sliders to give a little better contrast with the subjects. And, how about a little more blur on the margin between trees and sky to smooth the transition out a little more. I like the HK look for this image. Well done, as usual.
Douglas Bolt
DougBoltPhotography.com
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Hi Morkel,
the ellis look great in this one also the conversion of the ellis. I have to agree with Andreas on the BG. Some slider you might pushed a tad to much to the left or right for the sky. The tree line is somehow a tad off.
Overall I like it very much. The ellis really do look great. I do not mind much about the center, they draw the attention fully 
Have a great eve and weekend
Ciao Anette
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Hi Morkel - An interesting variation on high key processing. A bit OOTB, too much contrast and dark tones for the traditional definition
. I agree with the comments about the bg and the central placement of the eles. The action and the low pov work well.
TFS,
Rachel
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Dearest Morkel,
Just like you, I love experimenting...and therefore I find this most interesting in terms of PP work, as well as the scene itself. Not sure if Hi-Key as such, but still an interesting and a very attractive way of presenting those two ellies interacting - love the "wet, steely" look from the subjects against that soft BG - nice detail on the ellies, kind of a surreal scene overall and I guess this is what you were aiming for? Quite striking and certainly unconventional... but still such an eye-catcher...would love to see more...is there more?
Kind regards,
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Thanks everyone for your feedback.
I am personally fine with the look of the water and BG treeline - but may process another image from the sequence soon enough and will see if I can get a different outcome with it.
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Morkel, I love this one. Great posé.