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    Ken Watkins
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    A rather straightforward portrait of one of the 22 strong pack, resident in Kwando concession, Botswana, taken 24th December 2011

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    Ken - I like the pose and crossed legs as well as the catchlight in the eye. However, once again, I feel the yellows are too strong and need to be reduced.

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    Rachel,

    The yellows look OK to me on my monitor. The fur of Wild Dogs differs greatly, in fact it is claimed that each one is the equivalent of a fingerprint. I have seen them varying from almost pure white to black and a multitude of colours in between and many many times.

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    Nice POV, great light on head, eye, mouth, ears. Sunlight but not harsh or blown/blocked, well done. Yellow looks fine to me, in fact when I look at ground/sand has a hint of blue, so, perhaps could be even a bit "warmer"?
    Front legs crossed, Ken you must have the best collection of wild dogs with their legs in crazy positions !!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tom Graham View Post
    Ken you must have the best collection of wild dogs with their legs in crazy positions !!
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    Tom,
    Thanks, I have been very very lucky with Wild Dogs mainly down to my choice of destination and the brilliance of their guides, plus we do like to put in the hours

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    Simple but effective.
    Great expression in soft light Ken, nicely framed.
    TFS


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    great pose and well exposed Ken
    yellow looks fine to me
    do you perhaps have a sliver more space on top and RHS? or is this FF?
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    looks good to me....fine portrait

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    A nice frame filling pose and comp. May be this different monitor I'm on at the moment but this one also looks like it could use a touch more contrast. I hit it with a bit of the USM contrast trick and it brought out more pop (probably already know but about 25% for amount, radius to taste if you haven't heard of this one)

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    Missed the editing deadline by 1 minute. Disregard comment about contrast, looks much better on my regular monitor.

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    Thanks everybody for your comments,

    Morkel,

    All space around the dog is as usual full of other Wild Dog bits this is about 50%

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    Makes sense then, Ken!
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