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    Cattle Egret
    (Bubulcus ibis)


    Camera : Canon EOS-1D Mark II N
    Lens : EF600mm f/4L IS USM + 1.4x
    Shutter :1/1000
    Aperture : f/8.0
    ISO : 400

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    Nice action with dynamic poses in both birds, Eric - DOF covers them both well. Patches of damp mud on the rhino contrast well with the dry skin giving a nice texture - BG is good. I might clean up the dark seed heads lower right corner. Well done on the exposure with nice white details
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    Eric:

    Great fun! Looks like a pair of kids jumping off a rock in the playground. I assume they are sitting on an elephant? (rhino?)

    The composition, exposure, sharpness, all good. Nice background.

    Thanks for sharing, and do give us some more background!

    Randy

    PS: Tony and I were typing at the same time.

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    Excellent!

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    Excellent! Love the action and the "perch", BG, light, poses, detail, colors and textures are fantastic! Congratulations!

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    Love the action with a perfect comp, background and the grass in the far right that goes perfectly well together with it. Congrats!

    // Daniel

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    Hi Eric.
    Very well exposed with good BG and pose. I like the comp and detail on thr rhino.

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    Super poses and great light and action. Well done Eric

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    Compositionally you nailed this for having a couple subject matters in your image! Your DOF got both of them nice and sharp and they set off nicely against the brown grass.

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    Thanks for the comments
    The "perch" - White Rhino
    Rietvlei Nature Reserve - Pretoria SA

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    Great image Eric! Lovely comp, with both birds taking to flight.
    Super light and agree on the contrasty patches on the rhino adding to the image. Well done.
    Watch for the halo on the rhino's back.

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    Thanks for the comments.

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