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Originally Posted by deanlewis
I love these Alan, yes they can be improved but these are great captures. The 3rd shot could be easily improved with a small crop to the left to get rid of the branch but the detail you have captured is very good. The pick for me is the Zebra, I love it, the black and white works really well.
Dean
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Thank you Dean, much appreciated, I hadn't thought of just cropping the branch out, I guess I was too fixed on having the heads positioned according to the 'thirds rule' to think about it.
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Originally Posted by mrtoad
hi Alan and welcome
3 and 5 are the better..that is the rest arent really in the same viewing class
3 is a good sharp eye shot of the cheetah as she sits in the shade..i think this could be masai mara area rather than samburu
5 is a easy shot of the zebra but the processing is good...and the little stick in the mouth adds to the interest
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It is indeed the Maasai Mara, apologies if I said Samburu (never actually been there) I was particularly pleased with the sharpness of picture 3, and the lighting meant post processing could reveal some of the detail in the eyes. 5 was a shot I didn't actually notice until I uploaded it but it was sharp and had something different, which over 3 days I didn't really come across much that stood out as unique, I guess this is the experience side again you learn to spot stuff that makes a good shot.
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Originally Posted by mrtoad
the rest are fraught with troubles...lack of sharpness and could have been taken in a better position...so reducing the foreground blur branches
the two cubs are too enmeshed...sort of siamese to see who is who
i did the kenya safari as well with, as you have taken, loads of shots which all boiled down to a few good with no real class shot emerging..
as i feel myself i should go back and concentrate more
cheers
geof
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I'm afraid some of the sharpness issues might have been me trying to reduce the
noise or possibly due to relativity low resolution shots. However more likely due to the issues I noted earlier. For some reason my focusing was inconsistent and I cant really think of a reason for it. As for positioning on the cheetah shot we were jostling for position with about 5 or 6 other vehicles I was trying to get a clear shot but it wasn't easy.