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John_F_Kennedy
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 273 W: 0 N: 263]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (3562) | Leopard just jumping down the tree. He was very close as you could on the focus of 85mm I had used for this shots. I had no time to focus exactly ... with a little bit fear I pressed down the shutter button and I was very happy that a lot of the 16 picture are well done.
Wikipedia:
The leopard Panthera pardus) is a member of the Felidae family and the smallest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera; the other three are the tiger, lion and jaguar. Once distributed across southern Asia and Africa, from Korea to South Africa, the leopard's range of distribution has decreased radically over time due to hunting and loss of habitat, and the leopard now chiefly occurs in sub-Saharan Africa. There are fragmented populations in Pakistan, India, Indochina, Malaysia, and China. Due to the loss of range and continual declines in population, the cat has been downgraded to "Near Threatened" species; its numbers are greater than that of the other Panthera species, all of which face more acute conservation concerns
Exposure Time: 1/99
F-Stop: f/13.0
ISO Speed Ratings: 100
Focal Length: 85/1 mm
Date Taken: 2008-09-18 17:17 |
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John_F_Kennedy
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Edited by:JPlumb
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 637 W: 166 N: 889]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (2884) |
Hi Achim, in this workshop I mainly wanted to boost the saturation a bit. I was fighting with the 200K limit imposed on workshop copies so I actually boosted it a little more than I might have normally and increased the contrast a bit to make the smaller file size copy "appear" with a little more definition.
To do this I first used unsharp mask (15, 30, 1) to boost the contrast a bit. I applied a mask to tone down the brush around the animal. I then increased saturation +30 and masked down the brush a bit again.
I hope this meets with your approval. I have removed the copy from my terminal.
Regards, John |
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