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wegtbg · May 1, 2003, 8:29 PM

This cheetah decided to pose for us on a road in Serengetti National Park. Using a Nikon CP5700 - since I "lost" the CF Card to 5 finger discount before I had a chance to make permanent copies I can not tell wether it was taken in RAW or Fine.

More pics from Africa travels can be seen at www.griswoldnet.com

Klaus DK · May 2, 2003, 2:03 AM

Very fine shot. What a beautiful animal!

Technically you have a fine shot, which need some improvement to get even better. First of all the shot is a bit foggy, that can be removed in an editor using "levels" function or maybe just a little "contrast" adjustment. After that I would crop it close to the cat. But not too close though. Remember to keep the dimension of the photo.

This was done in 2 minutes!

Do you agree with my suggestion?

checklg · May 2, 2003, 6:46 AM

Good suggestion Klaus. I'd also try giving it a little more headroom in the cropping to bring its eyes nearer the centre of the shot.

steve6 · May 2, 2003, 12:41 PM

Klaus, good improvement on a good picture.

wegtbg · May 2, 2003, 2:31 PM

Thanks to all for the comments. I believe this was just the raw conversion to jpg. I did have to crop off the bottom of the pic since it had the door of the vehicle and someones hand in t it. I have done some adjusting with photoshop and I can see that many improvements could be made. We had another cheetah pose for us later on but the lighting was not as good. I really hate havig to compress these pics down to get them to a manageable size for the web.

Elis

Klaus DK · May 2, 2003, 4:33 PM

Graham - you might be right on that!

Wegbg: We know about posting here and .jpg compression. But keep posting !

djkothbauer · May 7, 2003, 7:43 PM

Klaus,
you seem to have excellent knowledge on photo editing, any resources you could point me to on the web? Do you use photoshop for your editing?

-Dave

May 1, 2003, 8:29 PM	#1
wegtbg Junior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3	Cheetah in Serengeti This cheetah decided to pose for us on a road in Serengetti National Park. Using a Nikon CP5700 - since I "lost" the CF Card to 5 finger discount before I had a chance to make permanent copies I can not tell wether it was taken in RAW or Fine. More pics from Africa travels can be seen at www.griswoldnet.com

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May 2, 2003, 2:03 AM	#2
Klaus DK Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,216	Very fine shot. What a beautiful animal! Technically you have a fine shot, which need some improvement to get even better. First of all the shot is a bit foggy, that can be removed in an editor using "levels" function or maybe just a little "contrast" adjustment. After that I would crop it close to the cat. But not too close though. Remember to keep the dimension of the photo. This was done in 2 minutes! Do you agree with my suggestion?

May 2, 2003, 6:46 AM	#3
checklg Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 659	Good suggestion Klaus. I'd also try giving it a little more headroom in the cropping to bring its eyes nearer the centre of the shot.

May 2, 2003, 12:41 PM	#4
steve6 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,050	Klaus, good improvement on a good picture.

May 2, 2003, 2:31 PM	#5
wegtbg Junior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3	Thanks to all for the comments. I believe this was just the raw conversion to jpg. I did have to crop off the bottom of the pic since it had the door of the vehicle and someones hand in t it. I have done some adjusting with photoshop and I can see that many improvements could be made. We had another cheetah pose for us later on but the lighting was not as good. I really hate havig to compress these pics down to get them to a manageable size for the web. Elis

May 2, 2003, 4:33 PM	#6
Klaus DK Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,216	Graham - you might be right on that! Wegbg: We know about posting here and .jpg compression. But keep posting !

May 7, 2003, 7:43 PM	#7
djkothbauer Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 52	Klaus, you seem to have excellent knowledge on photo editing, any resources you could point me to on the web? Do you use photoshop for your editing? -Dave