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    This is what followed immediately after the cheetah took down the Tommy. The other cheetahs zeroed in on the kill to satiate their hunger. Sad for the tommy but the cheetahs had their fill.
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    Got as low as possible in the window of the 4X4 to get a good angle.

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    Hi Sanjeev - It's nice that 2 of them are looking toward you and the pov works as does the comp. Overall the image feels a bit dark/underexposed except watch the whites on the tommy. Again, I would reduce the reds and magentas slightly.

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    Like the eye contact and the prey. Agree with Rachel about the exposure.

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    Hi Sanjeev good to see you managed to get closer ...
    Agree with Rachel and her thoughts / suggestions ....100 % .
    TFS Andreas

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    Hi Sanjeev, a great encounter to witness and to be able to get some frames in of this scene too, so nice to have some karma coming back to you.

    Although on the laptop, the image does appear a bit dark and slightly flat, but again you are pushing the techs, where some may hold back, so nice one. To me it's just getting the WB sorted, nothing more, then you can adjust accordingly, even open the Exposure up, but less than a 1/3 of a stop, any additional refinements are personal choice. The pano crop echoes the capture/scene so good call and no cropping of tails too. The 'Tommy' is running a tad hot, not blown, but you can selectively address this, good position to be in - darkening rather than lightening. I assume the two Cheetahs are looking at other vehicle arriving on the plot? Using the 500 and being less close may have offered a better/low POV, shooting with the 100-400 will not give you this IMHO.

    Again, just my thinking in the direction, have dropped you a line.

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    A really interesting capture, my initial thoughts were perhaps the colour temperature is a little off, the image looks to have a magenta cast, the repost looks better, I would be curious to see a rework of the RAW file.

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