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    taken in the Masaii Mara Kenya
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    1/500 sec at 5.6
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    Bob, excuse a newbie jumping in on this one. Exposure is good and you managed to avoid blowing out the white belly of the prey. What hurts it, IMO, is the fact that you can't see the cheetah's eye.

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    Well caught moment Bob. This graphically shows the fact that the big cats always start to eat from the flanks and rear of the prey. Is this a cropped image, because I would have liked to see the whole of the Cheetah? Alternatively, if this is the whole frame. A much harder thing to do in the heat of shooting is to zoom out a bit to frame it correctly (easier said than done).

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    A nice moment. I like the position of the prey and its eye contact. I wish there were more space at the right and bottom.

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    Hi Bob

    The image really does work for me, albeit an interesting one, purely from the POV that it has a kill and that she is showing she has cubs from looking at the underneath of her.
    - I think you need to check your exposure, always view your histogram before taking another shot, if you can.
    - Review the original image in the RAW converter you use and then change the colour temp to see if you can get a more faithfull rendition and drop the exposure
    - The image needs to be colour balanced, it needs to be corrected overall as the colour is not faithful IMHO
    - The eye is a minor detail, it is what is happening that is the view point, the carrying off of the kill for her and her cubs. That is the whole story in my book.
    - A wider view point would have certainly helped as cropping the feet off at the bottom and the rear of the cheetah is a non starter for me. If you had used a fixed lens then I could understand, but having the flexibility of a zoom gave you the best options. Would suggest you shoot slightly wider, then crop. Gives you so many options when you get back home.
    - Not sure if the attachment helps or not, as working with limited files may not allow the full potential of the image I feel Bob?

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    Steve's repost "corrects" the image quite well ( a little to dark for my liking), but cannot obviously correct the major fault of cropping the Cheetah.

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    Thanks everyone for you r suggestions and comments! i will get to work on it! I like Your repost Steve ...Thanks!

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    I like the positions of the two animals in this one (is the gazelle/impala still alive here?). Steve's repost looks good.

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    A great sighting Bob, and I know in the excitement of the moment, one tends to get the shot without looking at the full comp to see if you have everything in the frame. Its easier said than done, but yes, get the shot and then check that you havent cut off any limbs or tails. Steve's repost does work well to adjust the warm colours of your post, but I would maybe add in a little more colour to the cheetah.

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    Bob what a sighting...pity you clipped both the feet of the impala and the hind of the cheetah. I might be tempted to crop even tighter? Steve's repost has corrected the cast but left it a bit dark on my screen.
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    tighter crop will add impact , one terrific sighting and image
    TFS

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