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    Ken Watkins
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    Whilst sat on my camping chair at Ngweshla, I now and again looked behind me, this lot were a bit of a surprise

    Taken at Ngweshla Waterhole, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe 3rd September 2011

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    F8, ISO 400, 1/1250

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    Ok, post been up almost 10 hours, I'll go first.
    The elephants were on their tippy-toes, sneaking up on you were they?
    Techs and such look spot on to me - except I think I see that wide faint sky halo back around the tree?
    Only other thing (I find distracting) are the old termite mounds, especially one on left. (I know - it's Africa )
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    One fine sight to witness from a comfy chair Ken , very nice, agree on the slight tree S/H halo.
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    Excellent scene here , well seen and captured
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    Tom,
    I will deal with your "comment" first, if you refuse to believe the circumstances of this shot that is up to you, clearly you are very knowledgeable about Elephants who are well known for the extremely noisy way they walk. I should also apologise for the behaviour of the termites, fancy putting their mounds in the way of the Elephants.

    As for the halo you see I have just looked for it in levels and a extremely slight amount is visible, if this disturbs you I can only think your eyes are extremely sensitive, I will repeat for almost the hundreth time that I do not use Shadows and Highlight.

    Marc and Harshad,

    Thanks

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    Interesting back-story Ken...I hope they didn't come right at you?

    I like it. The termite mounds don't bother me that much.
    I felt it could use some "punch" so I toned down overall highlights here and did some saturation - perhaps a bit too much but just an idea?
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    This is one of those shots that is almost superb but for that termite mound on the left. I know nature is nature but that mound is sooo...distracting. I like the pano crop and the story behind the shot,
    Gail

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    Well captured, Ken, and I like the crop.

    Having spent a lot of time around this area of Hwange, the large herds and numerous termite mounds do not always work well together.

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    Morkel,

    Thanks for the repost, very nice

    Gail,

    I am bemused by your comment, I actually like having both termite mounds in the image as "bookends", for me at least they are not as distracting as baiting.

    Russelll

    Thanks perhaps we should say "pesky" termite mounds

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    Very nice image and the repost is an improvement. I like the composition and the scene. I also feel the termite mound on the left weakens the image and I see the halo that looks to me very similar to the halo created when using S/H. It is a good idea if you find out what in your work-flow creates this halo as it appears in many of your images which is a pity.

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