Snap, Crackle and Pop
These are the Mara three Cheetah bros on the lookout for Gnu in the late afternoon.
The light was not optimum with heavy cloud, unfortunately, but when you get all 3 on the mound you make the most of it.
Cropped to pano.
D3s 500VR 1/640s ISO800@f/6.3 Masai Mara, Kenya Oct 2010
C & C most welcome
Cheers
Marc
Marc,
Nasty blue cast in the BG;)
Great poses, have you tried warming it a little, and perhaps a little selective lightening on the eyes.
Did they find any Gnu?
Thanks KenOriginally Posted by Ken Watkins
I have already selectively lightened all 3 pairs of eyes, it's just not showing here on such a small size posting, I think any more and they take on a demonic appearance.
I guess I could warm the WB a tad, it may remove the blue in the BG mountain, but would have to do this selectively otherwise it leaves a red cast
and no this was another unsuccessful hunting night.
Hi Marc, the overall colour looks good to me and personally, I like the blue horizon, to me it seems natural, plus you have not got it running through their heads, like some do. ;)
My only suggestion might be, duplicate the layer, Levels middle slider 1.10 > Brightness 8 > Sat +20 then using a mask, let that be applied to the FG & cheetahs (follow the contour of the cheetahs & mound) only, leaving ALL the BG alone.
Nice one.
TFS
Steve
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Marc,
Thanks for that, it is often a problem to see clearly what is going on when you have such a small image.
Certainly would not want such beauties to look demonic;)
Marc - How cooperative they were to all look in one direction:). Like the comp and pano works well. Would like to see if Steve's suggestion brightens them a bit. Well done.
TFS,
Rachel
Marc, what a sighting, and with all three with alert stare's. Good angle of capture, and maybe in this, a slightly higher angle may have helped too.
Good suggestion, thanks Steve.
Last edited by Marc Mol; 11-11-2010 at 04:41 PM.
Marc - repost looks great. Well done.
Rachel
Looks like they are taking break after a long day at work. Very nice image.
Thought it just lifted it a bit Marc, hopefully in the right direction. ;)
Steve
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.
Cool shot, good to see them alert, each in a different position but joined by there attention.
Excellent
Tim
Super image and great repost too
TFS
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