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    1/200 sec @ f4.5
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    430 EX Flash @ -1 EV

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    Love the sunset BG and comp here Brendon, it might be worth a try to reduce exp on the leopard and surrounding FG as for mine looks a little too bright.
    Very nice nonetheless.
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    Brendon - Nice sunset colors and the comp works though a slight head turn towards you would have improved it. Marc's suggestion is a good one.

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    Brendon,

    I am certainly no expert in using flash, let alone fill flash, but I agree with Marc that the Leopard appears a little bright.

    Other than that a beautiful shot of a beautiful subject

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    Great BG and nice pose. Agree about toning down (and maybe warming?) the FG just a touch.

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    The different light color balance and directions, foreground, subject , and background, does not work for me. For me, needs somehow for all light of image to have the same look and feel.
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    Last edited by Tom Graham; 02-21-2012 at 05:29 PM. Reason: added word

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    Brendon
    I selectively reduced the exp -.75 on the leopard and FG only, in attempt to reduce some of the flashed look, let me know what you think.

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    Hi Brendon,
    nice compo and lovely setting.
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    Thanks all for your great comments and advice. Marc, I do like your repost but not sure if its my screen as it may well need calibrating, but i feel the reduction of exposure has removed the pop in the image, possibly something in between yours and mine. The image below i reduced the exposure on the leopard and foreground by 0.25

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    Good point there Brendon, I'd keep your leopard RP combined with my FG RP for mine.


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    The repost improves this image a lot.

    TFS

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    Out of all 3 I like your second one Brendon. Excellent use of flash.

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    Love the pose and composition, Brandon. Like the lighting, and beautiful BG color. Maybe somewhere between second and third reposts?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sid Garige View Post
    Out of all 3 I like your second one Brendon. Excellent use of flash.
    Plus one Here
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    Just another idea for shooting with flash at night.
    Flash is used a lot in "fashion" photography on a seaside beach for dramatic sunset beach type shots. Sometimes the photographer uses daylight (normal) flash but often a gell or color filter is put over the flash to warm it up a lot. So that the flash color temperature more resembles the sunset color temperature. Have I ever done this for wildlife - no. But I've been saying I will - except I really don't like to use flash for night wildlife.
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    Last edited by Tom Graham; 02-23-2012 at 04:39 PM. Reason: format

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    I'm with your 2nd repost, Brendon. The light levels look perfectly balanced, rather pleasing to me on this one.

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