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    Default The three stooges on thornes

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    canon eos 40D; 500mm, f/4, 1.4x t.c.

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    700mm, f/7.1, 1/200 sec, iso-200


    Caught these guys basking in the morning golden light. but was surprised to see them so comfortable in this spiny plant
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    Ramesh,

    You certainly had some nice light and got all of them looking at you. Assuming this would be possible, moving left may have helped strengthen the image. I suggest this to eliminate the larger OOF branches on the left that catch the eye. The animal on the left has one of the thorns merging with the eye. The face of the one on the right is partially obscured.

    From a strategic perspective, assuming a wary species, you make the image you can and then try to improve it without needlessly stressing your subject. So if possible, I would have made this image and then moved left and tightened the composition on the three animals. The one in the middle is particularly free of the thorns so a closeup there was another possibility.

    What is the species Ramesh? Thanks for posting.

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    Interesting poses caught Ramesh. Great light on these. Agree with Robert's suggestions but understand that may not have been a possibility.

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    Hello Robert, this is the Indian Gray Mongoose or Common Grey Mongoose (Herpestes edwardsii)

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    Very interesting image , nice pose by three and expo here
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    This is nice. It is good that there is eye contact with all three. I agree that moving slightly to the left would have been better. It would also have enhanced the eye contact with the mongoose on the extreme right. A tighter crop would be nice.

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    Sabyasachi

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    Judy Lynn Malloch
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    Wonderful composition and you did well to get them all looking at you. Agree with /robert's suggestion but still an awesome capture. Thanks for sharing.

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