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    This Elephant-scape was made as the sun was setting in Amboseli May 2011.
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    Camera: Nikon D700
    Lens: Nikon 70-200 f2.8
    Aperture: f/13
    Shutters: 1/500
    Speed: ISO 800

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    Lovely. I would put one on my wall! I like the position of the elephants in the frame. The only nit I have is the concave area of white below the elephants that dips into the black at the bottom of the frame. I would be tempted to clone that out with the black in the foreground. It would keep the "layers" more uniform and parallel.
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    Hi VPN, I like the concept and thinking behind the image and the balance works well, however...

    The IQ is quite there for me and again I feel the image has been lightened and Saturation increased a little, as there are some artifacts appearing in the sky, plus you can also see some banding too. Personally having a much darker image, ie dropping the exposure gives the image a far more dramatic and punch look IMHO. Robert & Morkel are better equipped to comment more on this as it has an almost landscape feel, but might be worth a look. Also I would have dropped the aperture to perhaps f/9 or even less, offering a better SS too.

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    Very, very nice. For me it is perfect. I would like to have this on my wall also.

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    VPN - very dramatic and well conceived. I also could see it hanging on the wall. It will be interesting to see what if any suggestions Robert and Morkel have for improving this already very fine image. I think this would also work with more of a pano crop with some taken off the top.

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    I like it a lot, the mood and colors are great..>IQ looks fine, artifacts noted but can easily be sorted. Lovely image!

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    I liked it very much as posted
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    Excellent, A very nice Landscape photo.
    Colors are really nice and I like the dusty look to it.
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    Hi VP
    I just LOVE the mood here and you did very well IMHO.
    I'm not sure how much PP you did and if you lightened it much - as I feel the IQ/detail in the RAW file is probably much more than you extracted with this iteration?


    I worked on it a bit - going darker as Steve hinted...and also cropping more to a pano format. Furthermore I sharpened the ellies just a hint more. Curious to know what you think?
    The pixelation is still apparent - not sure if this is due to JPG compression or due to PP artifacts...

    Personally I would print this LARGE...
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    A great picture and this is even better! Lovely

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