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A really good shot of a wonderful animal, Rachel.
I agree with you about the OOF grasses and it helps that the animal itself is pin sharp. It is a shame that its head is not slightly more in profile but, hey, that's wildlife for you.
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In B/W you have more scope because it's one 'colour' and so some elements in colour that are possible distracting can be 'hidden' within the medium. It's your call in the direction and presentation/style because you are the creator/artist not us and so the presentation is how you feel best portrays the image capture.
As you know, fg stem and leaf stay for me.
If you are 'dogging & burning' to control brights & darks, changing exposure in parts and using Luminosity layers to bring some 'depth' you are then altering the original capture from the initial time of hitting that button, so I still think the odd leaf or stem can be evicted without and real detriment to the image.
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Thanks Steve. We just have to agree to disagree about cloning. For me, when normally processing my images I try to get them as close to how I remember the scene looking at the time of capture. This includes leaving anything that was there in place and not flipping the image. Of course, if I am presenting a more "artsy" interpretation then I am more liberal in my processing ethics.
Cheers,
Rachel
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Rachel, like this image of an unusual subject... OOF don't bother me I use them all the time in my comps. Can be effective in focusing attention on your subject... Well done.
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Thanks Dale and Andreas
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What a thing to witness and photograph ! There must be millions of wildlife enthusiasts that have never even seen one of these (myself included)... To nail a sharp detailed image of one is the stuff of dreams !!! As for the oof yellow/white grass and the red sand........they are so so so typical of photographing a short animal in that part of Africa that imo they scream authenticity when looking at this image. They are also almost impossible to avoid in a situation like this
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Defiantly the colour version for me Rachel,fascinating animal making it's way through the grasses ,personally the bits of grass are not a problem for me in fact I prefer it.
Keith.
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Hi Rachel -- Indeed thankful to you for sharing the pangolin images , I just loved this image with all the OOF elements coming into play. As Andreas mentioned , too me it also appears like it is emerging from a tunnel. Yes cloning has helped Steve's RP look better but than it is all abt ones ethics and preferences. Overall i really enjoyed viewing this image , pls do share more of the subject if you can .
TFS !
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I quite like this...The secretive life of the Pangolin coming through in the gap of the grass.
Lovely colors, they look spot on and the details are great.
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Thanks Basil, Keith, Haseeb and Dumay. I'm glad you all like this one.
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Rachel you know I love this OOF mushy FG business - use it a lot. It was very effective here, especially given the tones of the OP as opposed to the monochrome version.
Cool shot of a cool sighting!
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