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Nice pose from the leopard and the the tree is nice. The image quality looks great for the high ISO.
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Hi Sanjeev - It's great that you got to see the leopards. I like the pose and the light green of the bg. That tail is huge! The tail and hindquarters of the leopard seem to have more detail and better tones than the face and head which seem a little flat. If it were mine I would try to bring it up a bit.
TFS,
Rachel
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Hi Sanjeev, great to see you pushing the 5D it can within reason take it, but I'm not sure how far I would like to push it, but you do have great Dynamic range and plenty to play with. I think you did well on the techs and at 400mm you were reasonably close, perhaps not far off posting full frame? Personally I would remove the two branches LHS in the BKG, especially the one above the head. Getting some more colour separation between background and subject helps and some contrast here also defines more. Not sure about the reddy/orange colour of the coat, looks a bit off, is it? With the shutter going off then having the head facing you would I feel have been better, rather than looking behind you. Framing/comp works for me.
I'll pop a RP over to you, see what you think.
Hope to see more.
TFS
Steve
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Hi Doc -- Nice to have you back and I too have heard a lot of Jhalna , must have been a good experience for you ? And how were the sightings and crowd ?
Coming to the image , I really liked the eyes and the tail, Leopard on tree is what I love to see. 5D can handle 8k .
Not sure abt the colour , might be because of the winter coat ? I also think that the twigs behind its head should go away , not ideal IMO. A bit more punch will really help this one. I hope you do post a RP of your own or the one by Steve, helps to grasp the things better.
Nice one. TFS !
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Hi Haseeb. Thanks for the comments. Jhalana is a 20 square km park with 3 routes out of which 2 are open to game drives, It is 10km from Jaipur and really close. Its remarkable that they has conserved that area despite it being next to an industrial area. Its not too crowded. max 6-8 Gypsies at a time is what I saw. Sightings are good due to 20 odd leopards in a small area. Its is quiet thick forest so light was an issue. I wish i had carried my 500mm.
Will RP soon.
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Its a beautiful image of a beautiful cat and sounds like a fascinating area. I agree that eye contact would have improved the image