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    A sunset shot from the "Mana Mouth" viewpoint in Mana Pools, overlooking the Zambezi river upstream and the Zambian escarpment on the other side.
    In hindsight I would have paid more attention to include all of the tree on the left. I was helping clients with their compositions and therefore had set up my tripod to just keep clicking on one composition as the sun set.

    The animals grazing are waterbuck. There were also hippos and fish eagles calling vividly.

    I processed this last night in Lightroom's auto HDR workflow and was once again very pleased with how it renders these blends naturally.

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    Beautiful sky, beautiful composition, Morkel. Very nice blending, too. Thanks for sharing!

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    Hi Morkel

    I like the colour & composition. There is a nice 'draw' into the image for the eye. Looks good for an HDR rendered image, I think the Lhs tree is still a little dark however..

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    Morkel, I have to agree with Don on the tree being too dark. It is the first thing I noticed. The sky however is beautiful.

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    Very nice! The silhouette effect of the tree works for me, but I'm wondering about a gradient burn on the brighter ground in the LL.

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    Thanks for the comments & suggestions folks.
    The tree looks just right to me as there's detail there?
    Will try and darken the ground below it, Diane!
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    Morkel, Just to be clear. I was referring to the bush like tree to the left of it, not the one with branches. I think the tree with branches is just right for the setting.
    Last edited by Grady Weed; 04-18-2016 at 07:04 PM. Reason: added info for clarification

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    Hi Morkel, a lovely scene, well presented. Lots of nice little splashes of colour throughout the sky that work very well for this scene. I am okay with the trees on the left...too much detail would appear unnatural to me.

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