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    Another image I revisited. Taken on my 2009 trip to the Sabi Sands in South Africa. Hopefully the color on this one is better. Thanks to Steve for his patience in walking me through the color settings for DPP, CS5 and monitor again.

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    HH from safari vehicle, annoying branch removed, s/h and levels adjustment, selectively sharpened in CS5, cropped a little from rhs for comp.

    C&C welcome and appreciated. Thanks,

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    Hi Rachel, I really like this, the posture, environment & light, in addition the eye level of the Cheetah with the horizon too, good spot. I don't think the branches over the front legs or over the tail is a deal breaker, but other will perhaps have other thoughts. The head does look a little 'crunchy' & that is perhaps down to a little too much USM, perhaps you could get Dumay or Stuart B to help with the sharpening process OK the 50D has limitations, but if this was shot with your 7D, well...

    I think your perseverance is slowly paying off and I feel this is one of your best posts here in Wildlife as I know you are doing well in other areas on the Forum too.

    Congrats Rachel.

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    I like this. Light, colour, sharpness, detail, composition - all look good to me.

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    Rachel,

    Very nice image. Excellent details and sharp.

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    All good for me, Rachel, and colours look spot on well done
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    ohhhhhhh my Rachel........ I like it very much!!!

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    This is certainly one of your best posts here in Wildlife, Rachel!! Love the pose, light and setting...details are awesome. Agree on the head being slightly too "crunchy" (a la Steve), but easy to fix.



    Was the cheetah patrolling territory or scouting for prey?
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    Thank you all for the very kind comments. I'll dial back the selective sharpening on the head a tad.

    Morkel - he had just woken up and seemed to be checking out the area. He marked the tree immediately before this. He then stretched and wandered around a bit. He's the same cheetah that I posted a while back rolling on the ground.

    Thanks again,

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    Lovely image, great colours, light, comp and detail, very nice image

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    Excellent image Rachel , love the pose , colors and details ,
    TFS

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    Thanks Brendon and Harshad for the kind comments.

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    Rachel this is a beautiful image, love the colours of cheetah and detail but what make this for me is the lovely scene in the background and the composition.

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    Thanks Vivaldo, much appreciated.

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    I'll dial back the selective sharpening on the head a tad
    Hi Rachel, to my knowledge there is only one route/technique where you can reduce the amount of sharpening on a sharpened layer file, other than that you may need to go back several stages I'm afraid.

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    Here it is with less sharpening/less crunchy. Please let me know what you think.

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    Personally I am more comfortable with this now Rachel, however others may have other thoughts.
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    Looks good Rachel!
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    Great image in great light! Definitely a keeper!

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    Thanks Steve, Morkel and Rudi.

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    Nice one Rachel. I like the pose and how the image is divided by sky, land, and tree. Also like the shadow on the tree, looks like another cheetah trying to peek around for a view.

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    Thanks Steve

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