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    I captured this female Cheetah in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa in Feb this year. She is one of two sisters and by then still with their mother. Mid-day but that is when they're most active.

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    Nicely framed. Removed RED cast with a 50% Robert O'Toole Average Blur Color Balance ADJ. Then reduced RED SAT and increased YELLOW SAT. Then selectively sharpened the face.
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    High-contrast look certainly expected for this type of image.

    Artie's adjustments bring out the best in the image.

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    Great image, you've captured it all, the facial expression, the movement with the raised paw and, of course, the tip of the tail. From a color aspect I prefer Artie's repost.

    Cheetahs are my favorite of the big cats, I really love this shot! Thanks for sharing

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    I really like the facial expression and agree that Artrie has corrected the colours nicely.

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    Thanks for the kind comments folks.

    Artie I like what you've done but think I will go somewhere in between with the colours. One gets that reddish quite often in the Kalahari from the red dune reflections and feel its more true to what I witnessed. I value your explanation on what you've done, TAT.

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    YAW. The final call on color always goes to the creator :)
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    lovely portrait and light handled well...I agree on something in the middle of the 2 posts for exactly the reasons you mention Hendri.
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    Hendri,

    Great capture, the Cheetah looks a little hungry. The colours on the OP look Ok to me, perhaps a little less red but i am looking at this in IE as I am my office computer.

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    Thanks Morkel and Ken.

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