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    Watched on by a night roosting Secretary Bird.
    I wasn't quite sure exactly where to submit this posting, as it could go in Avian, Landscape OR here. Anyway, Wildlife it is.
    Colour cast should be OK this time:o:o:o

    D3s 500VR 1/2500s ISO1600@F/2.8 Masai Mara Oct 2010

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    this is insanely beautiful , clap , clap , clap
    TFS

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    Bit of a blue cast at the top Marc, LOL. :D:D

    Just wonder if a pano crop with perhaps a third of the black at the foot? Certainly vibrant. :cool:

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    very powerful image, nice work.

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    Marc
    really well thought out composition.... my only wish is for one of the zebras to look up...

    well done

    peter

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    Thanks for the comments guys.
    Just realised I have a 500 f/2,8 WOW!!:D
    Techs should be D3s 70-200VRII 1/2500s f/2.8 ISO1600@150mm

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    Marc
    really well thought out composition.... my only wish is for one of the zebras to look up...

    well done

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    Mine too Peter :)
    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Kaluski View Post

    Just wonder if a pano crop with perhaps a third of the black at the foot?

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    Something akin to this?




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    Marc,

    Repost is much better.

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    Marc, an opportunity well used. Wonderful setting here. Comp wise, regarding the bottom - maybe halfway between your two posts.

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    The minute I saw this thumbnail, I was impressed. The colors are spectacular and how wonderful that you got the bird and the zebras silhouetted here. The blue and the yellow against each other just makes this POP.

    I agree with somewhere between the two post. I prefer the second post. I think I would add a tad more ground and take off more sky to keep it in pano format. The pano format really gives it more punch!

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    Marc - Beautiful and I agree with Marina that maybe somewhere in between and closer to a pano would work well.

    Congrats on a great shot.

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    Pano is better.

    Not sure if this would ever have happened, but besides making this image, I would have waited for raised heads. Even getting them in intervals and then merging later in PS.

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    Well Marc, IMHO I much prefer the repost, as it is more balance to me.

    Personally, if you were to wait for the heads to raise then perhaps you may have missed the moment, as I am personally not a real lover of 'comping' shots together, unless it is noted in the posting.

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    very nice! love the color

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    Appreciate the comments everyone.

    Quote Originally Posted by Robert Amoruso View Post
    I would have waited for raised heads. Even getting them in intervals and then merging later in PS.
    I did wait for this to occur Robert, but it was a case of 1 up and 2 down, etc and we were already late back for curfew, so I took them as all 3 heads down for a bit of uniformity.;)

    Final submission here:


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    Marc - to me the last one is spot on. Well done.

    Rachel

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    wonderful shot Marc in all respects...

    I was going to suggest Steve's crop, but after viewing the repost my personal preference will be for the OP...to my eye it seems more balanced with the black FG matching the blue sky at the top in terms of weight and meeting the rule of thirds nicely in terms of layering. Gorgeous mood and colours all round - as mentioned a head-lift from a zebbie or 2 would have taken this to a whole other level.

    Is it my eyes or do the zebra shapes look slightly soft as presented? They were probably further back than the tree? Stopping down the aperture would have helped but I have been in these situations and know that you are often ready for some action with a certain shutter speed and ISO combo and then suddenly you need to make use of a golden moment and don't think twice about settings ;)
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    Thanks Rachel & Morkel
    Cropping can be a very subjective issue at times.

    Quote Originally Posted by Morkel Erasmus View Post
    Is it my eyes or do the zebra shapes look slightly soft as presented? They were probably further back than the tree? Stopping down the aperture would have helped but I have been in these situations and know that you are often ready for some action with a certain shutter speed and ISO combo and then suddenly you need to make use of a golden moment and don't think twice about settings ;)
    The Zebra were further back than the tree, hence the slight softness, and your correct Morkel, when I looked back here at the techs I thought "you idiot, what were you doing @f2.8!":(


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    Marc, this is lovely and I prefer your last crop. What a beautiful vision. Made my day, thank you.

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