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    Dear Friends,

    Posting an image for feedback and as always I appreciate input of any kind, including RP's. Frame was taken last Sunday at about 5 pm on my way home from a private reserve, two male cheetahs hunting in 40"C... I have quite a few images and I think some are less 'boring' than this. But you will only see this character... unfortunately his mate had a collar

    Liked the BG here although I felt HA was not perfect, seems the subject's head is ever so slightly turned away. Eye still visible so I took the trouble to process. Had to deal with a few HL too... At first the two cheetahs were in the shade so I made sure to overexpose a bit, forgot to check histogram when they moved into the sun.

    Please note, this was before a storm therefore the colour of the sky.

    Processed rather simply in LR and then PSCC, only a few tweaks. If you think the image would benefit from any adjustments please let me know

    Nikon D5
    Nikon 500 F4
    ISO 1600
    F6.3
    1/1250s

    Have a great week, everyone! Thank you kindly for your comments and suggestions on my previous images, much appreciated

    Kind regards,
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    Fantastic capture of this cat with intent. The background hues are wonderful with the light dark patches.

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    Hi Gabriela, the low POV works and being side on illustrates the shape & form of the body. Open mouth is a nice touch and the overall colour palette is cool. The framing is spot on and the hunch of the shoulder, head slightly down, gaze fixed, just a lovely image.

    Again, like mine, but you were closer, perhaps a tad more DoF?

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    Thank you so much Tim and Steve, glad you like it

    Steve, you are absolutely right about DoF. I did remember and was just about to shoot a few frames at F8 when the subject saw a warthog and suddenly dashed into the bushes. Ooooofffffff...just too late
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    I think it's fine Gabriela.

    Time to switch off now, 38 high res tiffs just gone to the printer, eyes now on stalks!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Kaluski View Post
    I think it's fine Gabriela.

    Time to switch off now, 38 high res tiffs just gone to the printer, eyes now on stalks!!!
    "Master Files" going to print, yay
    Gabriela Plesea

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    Great portrait of this cheetah. Like the intense concentration here. Killer background. Detail looks great as well.

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