*Sunbathing Impalas*

Critiques [Translate]

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• dew77 (13209)
• [2007-06-05 13:54]

Hello Thorsten,
Beautiful capture.POV,exposure,details,framing and visual impact are excellent.
TFS..:-)

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• aido (4046)
• [2007-06-05 19:25]

Hi Thor,
I think most of us would love to go to Africa but for most it's a trip of a lifetime. The light here could convince me you were in Africa :-) Nice warm light and great colours. It's one of those compositions I would have struggled with, but I really like what you've done here, the crop with just the legs in the background and the thick black frame works really well. A nice capture.
Hope all is well and my best regards,
Adrian

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• iris (3016)
• [2007-06-06 11:47]

Hi Thorsten
Great shot of the Impalas sun bathing.
The image has super sharpness to it with rich colour tones and fantastic lighting.
Very well done.
TFS & Cheers

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• SkyF (8127)
• [2007-06-07 8:12]

Hallo Thorsten,
so ein Zoobesuch ist immer was tolles.
Schoen wie du die Bilder gestaltest, man koennte meine sie sind auf freier Wildbahn gemacht. Tolles Licht und auch Schaerfe und Farben sind einwandfrei.
Gruss..Sky

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• loot (10031)
• [2007-06-10 17:10]
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Hi Thorsten

Possibly a shot I never would have had the courage to post, but the longer I looked at it the more I liked it. You must remember that this is the most abundant antelope to be found in our nature reserves, so every time I go to the park (at least once or twice every month) I would literally see hundreds of these guys and therefore I might be much more picky and probably over cautious of my choice of photo I would post. In so doing I might actually slip some shots past that really were worth posting. I do hope that some day I will be able to capture a shot of 30-40 newly born calves in the early morning light. I can promise you it is a sight one does not easily forget. This shot of yours remind me much of such a scenario.

When the eyes initially make contact with this shot, it obviously focuses on the 5 juvenile Impalas lying in front. Then it moves over to that confusion of legs in the top part of the shot that actually provide some very interesting attraction. Thereafter it shifts back to the antelopes on the ground where it remains to discover all the detail. I believe that is the signs of a good composition and photo. The eye did not wonder off and lost track of the initial subject, but it merely took in some more detail in the rest of the frame and because there is nothing else to distract it returns and stays fixed to the main subject. Great stuff.

I like the warm colour tones of the shot, the great detail on the Impalas, the well balanced exposure (well lit in the FG and darker in the BG), and the play of light on the Impalas heads and tips of their ears.

Good work MF and TFS.
Regards
Loot

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• doubleg57 (333)
• [2007-09-21 23:55]

Hi Thorsten,
Nice shot with so warm colours.
The zoo of cologne seems to be a nice one.
Have a nice week-end
Guy

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• Tobias__Ortmann (677)
• [2007-09-25 11:55]

Hi thorsten
super Bild der rahmen veranschaulicht die sehr schönen Farben noch besser
gute Komposition
Mir gefallen die gesichtsausdrücke am besten
TOBA