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    Canon 40 D Lens 100-400 L
    SS 1/1600 Sec
    f7.1
    ISO 400

    Took this one in the Kruger Park.
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    Wonderful capture, with a yawn like that, he better find something to do soon :)
    I think it needs some CCW rotation and go a bit darker, thanks for sharing this beauty.

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    Like this Chris! Great timing! Wish I had one like this. Feels it needs a tiny bit of ccw rotation as the lines in the bg look slanted . Feel this is so good it's worth the work, so I did a bit of work.

    1. tiny crop and ccw rotation.
    2. darkened the bg via selection tool and smoothed lines.
    3. inverted selection and via new layer, some selective sharpening on the hippo, with smart sharpen at 110%, 1.0, then reduced opacity till satisfied,(to 42%), by my eyesight. :)

    Took me a while: (12 mins between distractions here), but I now see Fabs reply... :)
    Last edited by David Fletcher; 07-16-2009 at 01:26 PM.

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    Thanks Fabs and David .......... your repost looks great ,thanks for the effort.
    The original RAW file is on my Laptop which is in for a faulty power source repair.
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    Very nice timing Chris.

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    Tilt mentioned. Nice comp and good eye contact.

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    To my mind what makes this different is the lolling tongue, I do not think I have noticed this before in the thousands of Hippo Yawns. I must look at the few I have.

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    Ken hit it on the head. I dont think I have seen a tongue either. Well captured Chris.

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    Chris the detail inside the mouth and the tongue puts this over the top! love it. agree on rotation and Dave's repost has furhter enhanced the shot.
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    Thanks for all the views and comments. I will have a look at the original and do a repost as soon as I receive my laptop with the maser file.
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    Chris,
    I like the image. Lovely eye contact. The depth of field is good. I like the water streams falling from its mouth. A slight anticlockwise rotation. Look forward to more.

    Cheers,
    Sabyasachi

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    Love the moment. Davids' repost does a lot of good to the image.

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    what a big yawn this is , Loved the DOF

    Harshad

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    Love the open mouth and the details inside the mouth as well. Great light as well.

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    Thanks every one
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