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Great light and smooth BG. Some of the best IQ I have seen from you...A bit too much open space on the right hand side for my taste.
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Rachel,
IMHO you have perfectly illustrated the major problem with capturing Cheetah images, it is very difficult to capture a full eye or in this case two eyes, due to their skull structure.
On my monitor (recently calibrated) it looks a bit bright I would just drop it down a bit in curves.
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Techs and such all fine. But for me a (another) portrait that lacks interest to bring it above the average animal head shot.
Tom
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Agreed on the techs.
Interest is in the eyes of the beholder. As someone fairly new to the Wildlife Forum
found the image interesting.
What I found particularly interesting was the healed scratches on the cats face. Not always an easy life.
The fine details are visible because the subject(cat's head) is fairly large in the frame and the image is both sharp and well exposed.
I do agree with Ken, perhaps a slight curves adjustment.
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Very nice portrait. I think the stone or mudd just behind the back of the cheetah is a little disturbing. Otherwise I like the composition.
/Gregor
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Hi Rachel,
I would crop this image in tight-maybe even a square crop- to really show off this beautiful guy or gal. The IQ is good and nice BG, just too much of it on the right.
Gail
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I like the BG and lighting here Rachel, all crits mentioned.
TFS
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Hi Rachel, nice light in the eyes and colour looks good, difficult sometimes to get right. Would agree on cropping some off the RHS. perhaps a third?
TFS
Steve
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Thanks for the comments and suggestions everyone, much appreciated. Morkel - I like the crop and repost. Thanks.
Rachel
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Rachel,
Morkel captured my feelings on the image well.
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terrific image Rachel , loved re-post by Morkel
TFS
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Originally Posted by
Stan Cunningham
You nailed it Morkel.
I have to agree. For me the intial nit was the distracting rock in the BG. But apart from the nit this is awesome and I love the moody stare.
Last edited by Jamie Douglas; 11-28-2011 at 11:58 PM.
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Thanks Robert, Harshad, Stan and Jamie.
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Hi Rachel, I really like the head turn, and the light has brought out the 'honey eyes' nicely. Colours look spot on, and a lovely clean BG. Comp wise, I do prefer more space than less space, but I also like Mork's repost. Believe it or not, I have still to date, never seen a cheetah in the wild.
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Stuart - thanks. Sorry, but you'll just have to spend more time in the bush so that you see them in the wild
. I have been fortunate to see cheetahs in the wild on each of my 3 trips to Africa. I did not expect to see any in the Sabi Sands but was pleasantly surprised with 2 sightings. I understand that one of the better places to see cheetah in S.A. is in Phinda.
Thanks again,
Rachel
Last edited by Rachel Hollander; 11-29-2011 at 03:34 PM.
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Nice colors, detail, and pose here Rachel. Its a nice simple image. Like your wider original comp but would remove the rock if mine.
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