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    Isak Pretorius
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    Water means life, and this is especially true in the dry regions of Southern Africa. The Etosha National Park in Namibia is often associated with dry arid landscapes. During two months of good summer rainfall however, the landscape is transformed into a green paradise. A herd of springbok were grazing on the open plains close to Gemsbokvlakte waterhole when the setting sun illuminated the drizzling clouds on the horizon in a beautiful orange colour.

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    Hi Isak, is the image cropped at all?

    Personally I would like to have seen a wider expanse, giving an almost landscape feel to it. I would also look at taking out the cast in the whites of the springbok, but obviously not to the degree of pure white. If this is FF, then I might be tempted to add a fraction to the canvas at the top to give the third/two thirds, RoT's, as it's just off, as the eye just picks it up based on the format. Love the windswept curve of the rain and saturated look, must have been awesome to witness.

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    Dramatic scene, I like it.
    Not sure I'd add top canvas as Steve suggests or rather cut some off top?
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    Hi Tom, this illustrates my thinking to achieve the RoT's comment. Unfortunately to show the grid applied you have to take a screen grab so IQ & colour suffers, so apologies to IsaK.

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    Beautiful scene with really strong and striking colours. The foreground Springbok with face visible and lined up with the sweep of the rain makes it work. Couldn't make up my mind about composition. More of a pano with extra foreground (if available) to make it more about that Springbok is an alternative to Steve's suggestion, which does work too. But fine as-is for me.

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    Isak - nice colors and scene. Steve's suggestions will take this up a notch.

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    Thanks Steve, I see what you mean. Adding top canvas makes it a striking graphic image.
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    I've commented on this before, Isak...but will say again that I like it. The strong visual "rain" and the compelling colour contrasts make for a visually appealing image. I am not too bothered with the OP as the "rainline" is close enough to the ROT-line for my tastes.
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