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Post a Thank You. - 1 Thanks
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Wildlife Moderator
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Post a Thank You. - 1 Thanks
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Nice pose and lovely eyes here
TFS
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Thanks Harshad, and thanks Steve.
Steve, no work on the eyes at all. Conscious of the comments recently regarding cheetah eyes being overworked, I decided to leave these alone and see what comments were made. I do think that processing through LR3 + CS5 is much cleaner than LR2 + CS3, and I am keen to try some of my earlier images and see how they compare.
Frankly, I was complicating things too much and am grateful for Morkel's "keep it simple, stupid" philosophy, on which I can build.
BTW, thank you Harshad for my 'thank you' which I'm just learning to come to terms with!!
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Wildlife Moderator
Steve, no work on the eyes at all. Conscious of the comments recently regarding cheetah eyes being overworked
Thanks.
You know I have always said from the start, simplicity is the way to go, more 'in camera', less PP and the images will look much better. Something I echoed in my talk last weekend.
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.

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BPN Member
Hilary I am so glad I could help you "get the most" out of your files. This has a clarity I have not seen from you! 
Not the most ideal setting, but I do think adding some selective saturation to the cheetah will help add some punch here. Looking forward to more!
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I must say this is some of the best PP I have seen from you..I would also like to see more sat on the cheetah and less NR on the BG. Nice one Hillary
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BPN Viewer
Good work Hillary. It has a nice, clean look to it.
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Thanks everyone for your support, much appreciated. I've taken on board the comments, thanks.
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BPN Viewer
Hi Hillary, love the detail and sharpness, I agree with you on the eyes, for me they are just right. Was this a very pale Cheetah or is there more colour in the file ?
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Of the 4 cheetah, 2 appeared quite pale and this colour is pretty much how they looked. Almost a sandy colour. I've double checked all the photos I took, both in sun and in shade and they are very washed out. I made a point of trying to keep it close to what I saw, but it would be easy to increase saturation I guess and I could try to match it one of the brothers who was a richer colour. Just shows what sort of variations we see across Africa.
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Lifetime Member
Hilary - This looks great, nice detail and sharpness. I like the variation in color that this depicts. Looks like the new work flow works. 
TFS,
Rachel
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BPN Viewer
Thanks for the information Hilary, I was just curious as to the pale colour as I have never seen one this colour before, you are right about the variations in nature. This is a lot more noticeable in bird species where some differ from region to region within Southern Africa.