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    Came across a family of 5 bat eared fox late in the day. Some nice interactions between the adults and cubs, however grass was a problem with these small animals. I've had to clone some of the grass out, perhaps could do more. I love these little guys.
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    Nice pose by both and we gotta love those ears here
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    Hi Hilary I have no problem with the grass !!! ... couldn't get enough of those guys, sure look cute !!!

    Would lighten the faces a little more and if you have more room would not mind it !!! Like it a lot !!!

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    Thank you Harshad ... they do have great ears.

    Al, thank you also, I have a bit more room and will have a look at lightening the two faces.

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    Hi Hilary

    Good to see you got close, the are normally quite timid characters. Great to see them swivel their ears around like big sat dishes :) I had a play, there isn't too much you can retrieve, but there is still some so certainly give it a go although the eyes then go slightly milky when the highlight begins to show. Might also just drop the saturation down a fraction as it looks a fraction warm judging on their coats.

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    Hi Hilary, good eye contact from both of them, and I like the different postures. I wouldnt worry about surrounding grasses, as its part of wild. If possible, I would try and lighten their eyes.

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    Nice animals. As said before, lighten the eyes a bit, perhaps try to soften the bokeh a bit and leave it at that.

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    agree on trying to get more detail/exposure on the faces...cute critters these! where was this taken Hilary?
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    Thanks Morkel. I should have had my better Beamer working buy you know how quickly these guys can disappear. Taken near the Musiara Marsh area of the Masai Mara in Jan this year.

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    Hi Hilary
    Its nice to see a Aussie in the Mara i live in sydney but spend many months every year in the Mara photographing stock for my book & a few of the larger stock agencies there are plenty of Bat-eared foxes & other mamals on my site,
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    Thanks Ken, and welcome to BPN. You have some lovely images, look forward to seeing some posted here in the future.

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