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Looks great for that high ISO. Wish it gave you more of a head turn. But this is still nice.
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Hi Marc ...really gorgeous frame , specially under the given circumstances !!!
Does reflect the situation you described ...very well in terms of lighting and overall color/tonal appearance .
Love the comp , the superb creamy BG and the gaze into the dead space of the frame.
If this was mine ... i might try to lower the contrast overall , giving a rather flat look having that situation in mind . Looks very good in terms of High Iso !!
Nice one ...TFS Andreas
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This looks like a page from a story book, Marc! Beautiful expression from this young leopard and a lovely dreamy quality to the image overall.
Happy to see the D5 perform so well in low light. Would be interesting to see what happens if you followed Andreas's suggestion regarding contrast.
Love the soft BG, composition is great, if this were mine I would try flip it horizontally so that the subject enters the frame from the right hand side.
Good thinking on techs and super timing, Marc. Hope to see more images from this trip, seems it was packed with wonderful sightings
Kind regards,
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Many thanks John, Gabriela & Andreas.
Did you receive my PM Gabriela?
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This is really pretty. Love the dark tones and the feel of this. I absolutely would not lower the contrast in any way on this shot. In dark and dim light things look dark and dim. You have deep blacks and little areas of color. Lowering contrast would artificially flatten the shot. Seems to be a common thing on the wildlife forum to have very flat and low contrast type shots but that is not really how I see the world. The only leopard I saw was on a night drive in South Africa. We saw at the very edge of the head lights. About 90 degrees from the light so the cat was really dim. Eventually the driver put a spot light on it but I remember that scene very well. Deep dark grass and the beautiful warm tones of the cat. Lowering the contrast would not be what this looked like. Oh and beautiful work with the ISO. Said it on another post, but you wildlife guys are put the avian folks on notice with your high ISO work!
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Hi Marc, ISO 25600, really? IQ is incredible. Looks like I will have to get D5 soon.
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Appreciate your comments Isaac & Jay.
Originally Posted by
Isaac Grant
This is really pretty. Love the dark tones and the feel of this. I absolutely would not lower the contrast in any way on this shot. In dark and dim light things look dark and dim. You have deep blacks and little areas of color. Lowering contrast would artificially flatten the shot. Seems to be a common thing on the wildlife forum to have very flat and low contrast type shots but that is not really how I see the world. The only leopard I saw was on a night drive in South Africa. We saw at the very edge of the head lights. About 90 degrees from the light so the cat was really dim. Eventually the driver put a spot light on it but I remember that scene very well. Deep dark grass and the beautiful warm tones of the cat. Lowering the contrast would not be what this looked like. Oh and beautiful work with the ISO. Said it on another post, but you wildlife guys are put the avian folks on notice with your high ISO work!
Isaac, I totally share your insights on what our concept of contrast for the given lighting conditions should be, and why I'm totally happy with this version. 
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Hi Marc -- Very nicely framed and the image looks good for such a high iso . I agree with Andreas reg the contrast suggestion . Nicely done considering the situation .
TFS !
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