Motif: Cheetah portrait

Posted by Lerkes on Mon Mar 08, 2004 3:36 pm

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Taken in the Mara. Canon Eos 3 500 f/4.5 x 1.4 Fuji 200 print. It's very hard to get the eyes on these guys and this is one of the few where I did. This is full frame - I wasn't sure if I should crop out the tree trunk. Steve

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by Dennis Olivero on Mon Mar 08, 2004 4:41 pm

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Beautiful shot Steve. The eyes are just about as good as you can get. I like the tree as it frames the shot and give a sense of place...The few little twiggies over the shoulder could go but you cant have everything...the face is clean which is really what matters most.. Excellent work and thanks for contributing to the motif this week..

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by NDCheryl on Mon Mar 08, 2004 6:14 pm

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Well done Steve. Great job on the eyes. I like the tree as well. thanks for posting to the motif.

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by Steve Sage on Mon Mar 08, 2004 11:27 pm

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Great portrait Steve.

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by DC on Tue Mar 09, 2004 11:25 am

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The tree stays

Excellent shot of a beautiful cat. Well done.

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by Noel on Tue Mar 09, 2004 3:54 pm

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This cat's cute! I like the trunk in there, it gives a reason why the cat's face on our left is a little dark.

It's interesting to see the one ear turned around the other way (at least I think it is). Judging from the cat's expression, something back there was making a bit of noise.

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by Juli Wilcox on Sat Mar 13, 2004 4:51 am

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The eyes look good and show the cat is not at ease, at least temporarily. Might consider a levels adjustment to darken the image a bit. It seems a little overexposed

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by Lerkes on Sat Mar 13, 2004 5:45 am

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Juli - I agree. It looks overexposed to me also, but it looked much better on my monitor when I prepared it for this post. Then I sent it in and it was lighter when posted. Oh well, although I forgot to convert it to sRGB. Do you think that was the problem? This cheetah had three large cubs with her and that's why she is so attentive. She was also looking for prey as soon after this she chased an impala fawn. Steve

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