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    I found this one on one of my external drives, when looking for another shot. I'd always liked it but my PP skills a year ago couldn't make it look right in the rather poor light. I think it looks okay now, but our own children are always pretty. Of course the Maasai Mara, in 2008.

    Hope the size is okay - difficult to decide what size to post a square crop.

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    Paul, I like the intense stares from both parent and cub. Comp wise, a bit tight LRC, and seems like you may have nipped the tip of the tail. Im not sure if a vertical would work. Still, a great sighting that I would wish for.

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    Oh boy , have a look at cub , his facial expressions are pricelss , Only suggation, I would like to see this in original landscape format ,

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    Very nice Paul,

    They are clearly "foccussed" on something in the distance.
    The crop is a bit tight.

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    Very nice image, love the little one! Needs more room all around for my taste, agree on seeing the landscape image. TFS
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    Any shot of an attentive mother and cub, gets my attention, so well done for that. Perhaps a landscape crop would suit better here and could you extract any light from the eyes at all?
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    Thanks for the comments. Much appreciated and I have to admit I agree with them. Unfortunately for an ordinary vertical (not enough room and the subject is too wide) or an ordinary landscape (I put the cub dead centre, which was pretty stupid, but I was overexcited since these were my first cubs this young. We learn, right?) neither will work.

    Just for fun, here is how it looks with a little more room. I had to add a little canvas above to create room, but the left side is too close to focus to even attempt that, and I just feel it would be taking it too far to do that. I also brightened the eyes a bit and cloned out a bit more OOF grass while I was at it. Since I had to do a new conversion because recovering more from the eyes from the TIFF I had didn't look possible, I also kept the grass lighter this time. Personally I think the cheetahs are too central, but the extra room does the picture a lot of good.


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    Here is the best vertical crop option that keeps the tail in. Lose a lot of the other two cubs, but that's maybe not a bad thing. However, they are very close to the left edge now.


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    How you have shooted in RAW , horizontal I guess

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    I tried adding canvas to make this regular horizontal , trust me it is looking good with cub in dead center :)

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    Thanks very much, Harshad. I shot RAW and horizontal. Cub more or less dead center. Here it is, with the canvas added above. Maybe I should just leave it like this! :-)


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    I personally prefer version 2. I think the gaze and poses of the mom and cub are strong enough to carry the centered comp. Love the serious look and fur cap and cape of the little one :).

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    Hi Paul Nothing wrong with square crops, at times they are the best option !!!! Would have to go with version two also !! Love them little cubs !!

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