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    johan barnard
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    This was in the Kgalagadi Transfortier Park in South Africa, north of Polenstwa

    File date: 2010:04:10 10:11:40 Camera make: NIKON CORPORATION
    Camera model: NIKON D700 Date/Time: 2010:04:03 07:08:23
    Resolution: 800 x 390 Flash used: No
    Focal length: 500.0mm (35mm equivalent: 500mm) Exposure time: 0.0008 s (1/1250)
    Aperture: f/7.1 ISO equiv.: 1,000
    Whitebalance: Auto Metering Mode: matrix
    Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)

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    Hi Johan, I like the light here, together with the inquisitive stare of the hyena. Im not always keen to see an OOF subject in the middle of the image ( just personal) I wasnt there, but what would have been good, would be a full body shot of the hyena in the FG in that sweet light.

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    Johan, I really like this. Composition is very strong plus the inclusion of the OOF Hyena in the BG balances the image really well. A very pleasing image to look at!

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    Hi Johan, I thought this was a strong and well composed images. I liked the second OOF hyena, and the alert postures of both animals. Well captured. Personally I would try to lighten the dark side of the front hyenas face just a tiny bit for more detail. Well done
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    Several years ago, this was the rage at my agency. they called it layers and, as alrady stated, the balance is nice. For a beetter layer combination, another subject, sothere would be foreground, mid ground and background might make it more to the liking of my old agent.

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    Hi Johan

    I feel your original post is far better, especially in composition terms.

    The large amount of space above, the truncated hyena bottom rh corner doesn't really work for me. Perhaps cropping above might help, however as I said earlier, your first post is far better IMHO.

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    Well done Johan.
    I know this area very well lots of happy memories and images will be there in a month or so when winter settles in....
    Hats off for trying a different composition , always refreshing to see something different from the norm ...
    only thing I would suggest is to tweak the colours , and some sharpening ...

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    I like your idea and going after a different type image, would have probably framed a little different but its just personal taste. The main thing I would try is lightening the animals, the back of the oof is very dark and draws attention!! Hoping to see more like this !!!

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    Nice to try something different, but I agree with Steve here and like your earlier post better. I don't have a problem with the oof hyena in fact rather like it, but the cut one in lrc bothers me. For this comp to work for me it would have to be a much tighter crop. TFS
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