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    Hello everyone !

    Thought this would be appropriate for this months theme . Got to see this Cheetah family of 3 in Masai Mara which lost one of their member in a crocodile attack while crossing the Talek river. They are so closely nit to each other and was quite touching to see their bonding .

    Canon 5D MK III , Canon 500mm f4 L IS II, bean bag.

    DPP4,CS6, levels,selective colour, cropped from top and right for composition . cloned out few OOF grass blades in the BG and couple of twigs under their faces.

    ss : 1/5000 , iso 2000 , f5.6

    All your C&C's are most welcome.
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    Hi Haseeb - A tender moment and nicely framed. I like the visible tongue. The blacks look a little strong though. Why such a high ss? You could have dropped your ISO and still had more than enough ss.

    TFS,
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    Hi Haseeb, I like the interaction, but I feel just moving the frame a fraction left you would have retained the back of the Cheetah and lost that vertical blade of grass. Agree on dropping the ISO, 1/3200 would have been more than sufficient and freeze any action that may have followed. The Blacks are a fraction choked, but just looking at it in PS. I do feel the colour looks a fraction bright, just reducing the Exp, Highlights & Whites helps tonally, but I also feel that you can get some more depth from both the subject & the FG grass with some simple toggling with colours like yellow, blue & greens, I think you'll know where I'm going, it reduces that 'brightness' look I think. BTW any cloning in the BKG?

    Some simple refinements IMHO will elevate the image, but a cool sighting.

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    Enchanting capture Haseeb,this must have been very moving to see..... interesting responses too !!

    cheers for sharing this one I love it

    Stu

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    Thank you Rachel , Steve and Stu !!

    Thanks for your suggestions , will work upon it advised by you guys ! High Iso just to get on the safer side of the light happened to detoriate because of overcast conditions and the dark clouds here and there , but certainly lesser iso and in turn ss 1/3200 would have been more than sufficient .

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    A nice sighting and interaction Hasseb, but I agree with comments above,, A little more to the left would be nice.

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    ANd i really apologies to everyone for not mentioning the cloning details , which i have now incorporated in the intro.

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    Hi Haseeb this is so lovely and peaceful looking image of the Cheetah´s .
    I really love the low POV and the comp .
    From the tonal perspective i agree with Steve that something could be done in terms of blacks and some more separation in the greenery . But think the overall exp does look ok to me .
    Just wondering about the somehow " crunchy" look in the fur ,,might the blacks choking up things" .

    Great frame !!!!!

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    Sad to hear about the one lost to a croc...
    You've received some good feedback above, Haseeb. I would like to see this as a high-key mono version, given the washed out sky?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Morkel Erasmus View Post
    . I would like to see this as a high-key mono version, given the washed out sky?
    Nice Suggestion,will RP it later on in the evening !

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    Hi Haseeb

    Losing one of the family is very emotional to one/s left behind, experienced that before in Kalahari.
    I do think that the blacks are a bit choked with no detail.
    Cheetah fur is very coarse, difficult to get detail.
    Maybe Morkel's suggestion hold some water, but a lot of D&B needs to be done.
    Agree with a bit tighter crop as suggested by Steve.
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    Dear Haseeb,

    Love this tender moment you have captured here, well composed and nice POV. A rare case of too much SS, but it happens on occasion to others too, LOL

    I too think you could extract more detail in the blacks. Also, the cheetahs' fur colour appears a bit oversaturated to me - too orange, so to speak. Their fur is normally coarse and grey, with a tad of orange/yellow here and there. You mentioned levels - could you perhaps go back on that layer and reduce percentage? Did you apply the changes selectively? Tell us more, perhaps we can help - this is such a special image, love the interaction!

    This is one keeper for sure, you received some good advice from Steve above so I look forward to your RP, very much!

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