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Hi Sanjeev - Nice look at the young buff with good detail and sharpness. I'm just not in love with the bg with the swirls and the darker areas above the buff but not sure that you would have had sufficient dof if you opened up the aperture a bit more for better bokeh. It's a trade-off and sometimes tough to make the call in the field. If you have a cooperative subject you can shoot different apertures to see what works best. I don't know if you had time to do so here.
TFS,
Rachel
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Sanjeev you had some tough conditions here to work with. With this lighting a dark subject with a light BG is challenging but you handled that quite well. As Rachel said I think the BG is the most challenging element in this image. When I see a potential wildlife image my first thoughts are lighting (angle, intensity, etc) and my background. Background control is crucial. I think to myself, will this BG enhance or detract from my image/subject. If I think the BG will enhance the overall image (see Rachel's Bison calf) I might include more of it in my compostion or get a bit more DOF to help enhance it. If I decide the BG is detrimental to my image/subject I'll try to minimize it's impact. To do this I might frame the image tighter to minimize BG, try to wait for my subject to be further from the BG, or change camera position to achieve that. Another option is less DOF and better bokeh. When shooting with fast high quality lens you can shoot wide open. You had 2 full stops to work with here. If you have shot at F4 your BG would look much smoother and would enhance to image to a degree. Don't get caught up in the idea that the DOF of your wildlife subject must have DOF from front to back. As long as the eyes are sharp the image can be successful. I'd take the better BG any time.
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Story Sequences Moderator and Wildlife Moderator
Dear Sanjeev,
I wholeheartedly agree with Dale. When not sure what my BG would actually look like, I try shoot at various apertures to ensure I have more to work with when I get home.
The subject here is absolutely stunning, gorgeous light brought out the lovely sheen and such wonderful colours in the coat of this young buffalo. Older chaps look almost blue-black, but the young is lighter and reddish brown in colour, I notice there's also a golden tinge above the nose which is spot-on Sanjeev, love every bit about your subject and your subtle PP work is great.
Thank you so much for sharing this image, enjoyed viewing as well as reading Rachel and Dale's comments, looking forward to what the other members have to say:)
Kind regards,
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Hi Sanjeev i like the way you processed the image a lot in terms of tonality with lots of detail and great sharpness , you really make your way in terms of PP , very well done for my liking !!!!
The BG is a very minor thing and could be addressed easily if you wish .
Only the reddish color in the coat is not really pleasing my critical , LOL, eyes . If i can give a suggestion , i would recommend ( guess i did that already here ) when you use DPP 4 lower the oranges by -1 and see how that looks , to me the reds are carrying somehow some oranges too much in general when processed with DPP 4 , specially when the image has somehow a warm tint.
As colors are subjective , but i see it tis way .
How do you set NR in DPP 4 , i would like to know if you use the default ? If so stay away from the default and try lower value . Cause i think the shadow areas in this frame does look a bit too smooth , but i could be well wrong with my observation .
TFS Andreas
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Lovely IQ, details and colour. I would have gone with more Buffalo and less space on the right. i fell maybe if you fill this one it may work better.
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Hi Sanjeev, cracking PP on this one, like the rich tones within the hide. Personally I might loose some space off the LHS.
Great feedback/advice from Dale. 
TFS
Steve
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