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    Another image from February 2014, processed in LR and CS6. Those Red Hartebeests were either competing for a female or just measuring their strength, unfortunately the real clash of horns occurred mostly behind a fallen tree...a lot of frames from this sequence but few worth sharing:)

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    Image captured at 11:05 am, just after some rain and it was slightly overcast. Sun penetrating the clouds here and there so the light wasn't all that bad, I found the lack of deep shadows quite helpful:)

    Thank you so much for viewing, I appreciate your comments be it technical or otherwise.

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    Hi Gabriela -- A brilliant frame ! excellent framing , superb timing to freeze this pose . I tremendously enjoyed viewing this one , because of the moment , colours and IQ , very nicely done .

    TFS !

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    Makes Mice look a bit tame Gabriela, great action even showing the look in there eyes, composition looks good showing the habitat where they live, recon you timed this perfectly.

    Keith.

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    Fantastic work Gabriela! the setting, the soft light and the pose are superb. The lowish angle and the interaction really make this image a stunner. TFS.

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    Excellent composition and dueling pose by this pair Gabriela, nicely open & uncluttered with the cloud cover working nicely here, well seen.

    TFS


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    Thank you friends, really appreciate your comments and time to view

    Hope you had a lovely Sunday, wishing you a great week ahead!

    Kind regards,
    Gabriela Plesea

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    Hi Gabriela - Great action poses, poised for battle. Colors and tones look good. The only thing that strikes me is that the grasses and bg look a bit too smooth. Did you apply any NR or blur? I would expect the grasses around and immediately behind the hartebeests to have a bit more texture and detail to them.

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    Loving the summer Kalahari colours here Gabriela, and of course the intense poses and the clean look&feel to this shot.
    Takes me right there! I too found the subjects to be a tad too smooth as per Rachel's comment?
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    Thank you dearest Rachel and Morkel,

    Here's a jpg version of the RAW, unsharpened. Pretty smooth, but I guess I might have done some NR at the top, by the looks of it. I used to flatten the layers then, so no info. I wonder what this would look like, processed with new (improved) skills and updated software? I have a number of frames from this sighting, planning to work on a few to post in Story Sequences, will drop you a line when I manage to do so:)

    Warmest regards, thank you so much for taking the time to view
    Gabriela Plesea

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    Hi Gabriela this is a great shot on all counts , love the wide look , no distraction and the dueling subjects are the ice on the cake !!!!!

    Nice work , Gabriela .

    TFS Andreas

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    Thank you Andreas, much appreciated Boetie

    Warmest regards, a good evening to you,
    Gabriela Plesea

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    Hi Gabriela, it just works! Think this would greatly improve with your new found skills if reprocessed from scratch , your eye would be far more discerning on the finer detail too.

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    Thank you Steve!

    I am glad you don't mind me sharing those older images, I love being here but this is "harvest time" for us at work right now, very little energy left at the end of the day:)

    And Keith...Mice are NEVER tame, LOL! They are wild, wild things, love them:)

    Have a wonderful evening, warmest regards,
    Gabriela Plesea

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