Such an odd looking but really beautiful animal. This shot is from my local zoo and it's a bit of an unusual pose. Hope you like the energy in it. The Okapi have a large enclosure at my local zoo but keeping the fences out of the frame is a challenge.
Canon 7DII and Canon EF 70-300L @ 300mm. 1/1600 @ f8. ISO 640
Last edited by Richard Smith; 09-15-2016 at 07:07 PM.
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Richard, I fully appreciate the point you make about fences but I have to be honest they do not add in any way. I hope I don't sound pompous or indeed cruel but I would personally not take a shot if I could not exclude fences, I fully admit I would have done years ago but not anymore.
I think the mid tones and highlights in this difficult subject are fine but I would suggest lifting the darker areas. The eye is the special point in most animal pictures, I would also concentrate on making it a little more clearly distinguishable. Hope this helps.