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    Another taken on my 2009 trip to the Sabi Sands in South Africa.

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    HH from safari vehicle, luminosity mask, levels, curves and sharpened in CS5. Slight crop for comp.

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    Hi Rachel your PP as I have said recently, is now looking really good and you have mastered that hurdle.

    Regarding the image, once again, the whites look blown on the fur, although perhaps you can recover them in RAW, around and just below the ear, always check your histogram or look for the flashing 'blinkies'. However, I fully appreciate this was in 2009 and your photographic skills have come on in leaps & bounds since then, so really looking forward to what this years trips will provide. The stems/branches in the BKG are not ideal and can be easily removed for esthetic purposes, but it's how you feel. There also seems to be a slight halo/jagged outline just off set, running from just above the left ear as viewed down to the eyebrow?

    Although personally not a lover of square crops, if you have a little more room below, a tighter crop might offer another possibility and would avoid the branches in the BGK too.

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    Thanks Steve, I couldn't recover those spots anymore without it looking weird. I see the jagged area you pointed out. Just sloppy masking on my part.

    Thanks,
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    A bit of blown white does not bother me. What does bother me is that the face/head is the important part of the image and it is not well lit. The neck is well lit but it's the face I want.
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    Envious of your dog sightings Rachel, and this is a pleasing portrait although I understand where Tom is coming from with the lighting. I do think that you have made the best of it and if it weren't for the blown highlights, the lack of direct light on the face wouldn't be an issue at all.

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    Thanks Tom and Hilary, much appreciated.

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    Hi Rachel,
    I love the texture of the fur.
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    Good points raised already, Rachel.
    How do you create your luminosity masks? The edge that Steve pointed out shouldn't exist if you created a lumo mask based on highlights/tonal selection? Except if you applied a very stark difference at a high opacity setting?
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    Thanks VPN and Morkel. Morkel - it's not from the luminosity mask which I do according to Robert's directions. It's from selective application of a levels or curves adjustment to the wd only. Just did it to quickly.

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    Oh okay.
    You know, you can "lift levels" as well via an inverted Lumo mask as per Robert's sticky.
    All you need to do is make sure you perform the action: "select inverse" right after the selection is performed before creating the duplicate layer. This will select the inverse of the light tones and enable you to work with that. Then you just need to change the blending mode from "multiply" to "screen". The rest stays the same...

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    Thanks Morkel. Good tip that I often forget about.

    Rachel

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    Hi Rachel, to be honest I have to agree with Tom on face not being well lit. I know that they aren't the easiest subject to photograph and getting the perfect shot isn't that easy TFS

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    No problem Vivaldo, thanks.

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    I like the look Rachel, and at iso200 And a small crop, you should able to correct the lighting fairly easily without losing much IQ.
    Dan Kearl

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    Blown whites didn't really jump out at me, just wished for a little more light on the face. I kind of like the shadowy twigs in the BG, less so the ones under the chin. I'll have to go to the zoo to try my luck with these guys until I can see the real deal.

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    Thanks Dan and Steve

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    Real good image here
    TFS

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