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    A Dazzle of Zebras taken in Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa. They stopped to look at us on their way to the waterhole.

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    ISO 800
    HH from safari vehicle, ff, levels, curves, reduced the yellows slightly, sharpened in PSCC.

    C&C welcome and appreciated. Thanks,

    Rachel

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    Wow, those merged stripes are really mesmerizing. I love all the raised ears. In an ideal world there would be full separation between the front individual from the rest of the herd, but it certainly is a striking image. Do you have a touch more room at right?

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    Thanks Daniel. Yes, it gives us a little insight into how the stripes work against a predator. This is ff so no more room on the right.

    Thanks again,
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    Hi Rachel, where the herd congregate you can understand why the stripes confuse any predator, (I see you wrote the same in your reply to Dan). The light looks bright, so I would use a Luminosity layer to bring back tone with the brighter areas, but then tweak the colour in case it has a slant to a more red/magenta bias. Nice to see a faster SS here.

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    Hi Rachel -- A nice image , you have the eye to capture such usual sights and produce quality images. I liked the whole scene with most of them looking towards the camera . Nicely done .

    TFS !

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    Hi Rachel, a dazzle indeed. Like the raised ears and head turn of the zebras. Too bad some int he back were not cooperating. A pano crop may also work as well for this image. Loi

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    Thanks Steve, Haseeb and Loi. Loi, yes, a pano crop would be a good alternative.

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