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    As requested - in colour. For those who missed the B&W version: http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...ad.php?t=55791

    did quite a bit of selective work here since it was midday to enhance the details on the wildebeest and bring out the texture of the clouds.

    as said in hindsight, I should've stopped down on aperture to get the FG sharp, but I do think it works as is to place the focus on the wildebeest and the sky.

    All comments most welcome...

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    I guess Morkelbhai , this looks much better to my eyes for sure. Excellent image and very well done
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    Hey Mork, no need to look at your OP, I remember it well. Super comp, and the WB is nicely placed in the frame. Enough wispy sky to make this pop nicely. Well done mate.

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    Why would you even think of doing this in B&W when its so amazing in colour, SIMPLY AMAZING

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    Hi Morkel

    As an image I like the composition, as it meets the third/two thirds rule so for me it's nicely balanced, with the wildebeest also is in the right spot. The blue sky with its 'whispy' clouds is a nice effect, away from the norm giving a 'pleasing backdrop'. I would like to see the WB in a more natural colour as it seems to have, likewise the foreground, a 'blue cast/hue' and therefore looks a little odd to me. If you can add a mask and substitute the original colours here I would be interested to see it.:)

    Sometimes I worry that we have so many options to alter/tweak/enhance an image that we get carried away and perhaps the treatment does not really suit the image and get away from why we took it. I am not saying that this is the case here, but perhaps a fresh pair of eyes is needed, or indeed by hosting on a Forum we ALL can make constructive comments which in turn my/may not improve the image? The phrase 'wood for the trees comes to mind'

    Morkel, I am again getting off track here, but you did ask.:D

    Finally, to give a fresh comment is probably difficult on this image, as I feel a little Daja Vu on this one.:D:D

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    thanks for the kind comments guys and for the great feedback Steve...this is the kind of discussion we need on most of our photos.

    I did not alter the WB much from the 'as shot' setting which was closer to a warm daylight than an auto WB. I did selectively punch the blues and cyan in the sky alone (masked).

    Here is a repost with your observation addressed I believe...I created a color balance adjustment layer on the FG and wildebeest and moved the slider from blue to yellow in the highlight, midtone and shadow ranges, only by about 5-10 points. Then set opacity of the adjustment layer to about 65%.

    What do you think now?
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    for reference - here is the original shot straight out of the camera, no RAW settings touched.
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    Hi Morkel

    I just think you need to lower the saturation of the original post, here is my suggestion !!!

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    thanks Alfred. I want to keep the saturated colours because the midday Kalahari sun flattens the colours a lot and I think the colour here is part of the impact. :)
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