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    I was fascinated by these gentle giants right from my childhood . Had seen them once in the Mysore Zoo , but it was not the same . When I saw them at the Mara , it was such a surprise that the Mara dwarfs everything in comparision . When I saw it from far away , it did not look as tall as I had envisioned , but when I got closer , I was left marvelling at the sheer grace this giant exudes.

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    Impressive specimen here Rakesh!
    I find the image overall to be a bit blue/cyan...so I selected the giraffe and grass and did some color balance adjustments on it...your thoughts?
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    Rakesh, super pose from the big fellow, and he sure is much darker than normal. Mork's adjustment has brought it back. I like the open grass as the BG.

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    Magnificent old bull, love the oxpeckers on the giraffe.

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    Like the little bit of grass on the bottom. By including more sky, I think it really emphasizes the size.

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    Nice comp and pov. I like the oxpeckers too, I think it is the most I have seen on one animal. Morkel's repost improves the color cast but I feel like the grass is a little over exposed. You might be able to recover it from the raw file.

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    Impressive photo, nice comp and a great subject.
    I also like the oxpeckers and the FG grass.
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    excellent image RD & I always find them difficult to photograph
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    I took Morkel's re-post bit further, using PS curves - more blue out and darken
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    Thanx Morkel and Tom for the effort . Ya , the colour cast removal vastly improves the image . Tom's version is near to what I saw , but would slightly go with a bit more brightness .

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    The perspective is very good, it emphasizes the size of the Giraffe. I like Tom's version a little better.....

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