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(W-Repost) Jackals on kill
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(W-Repost) Jackals on kill

by Jagdeep Rajput

Gallery: WildlifePosted May 30, 2011183 views11 comments
Jackals on kill, trying to ward off another Jackal.
Thank you so much for your kind attention & views!
Canon 7D; 500mm; ISO 250; 1/640 sec.at F 5.
Jagdeep Rajput

Comments

11 comments
Comment posted by Barbara Graham on May 30, 2011 at 11:48 AM
Jagdeep, this is so perfectly done.
Registered on July 27, 2010, 1310 Posts, 5035 Comments
Comment posted by Johan Malmros on May 30, 2011 at 1:41 PM
Beautiful - The snarl, the eye level, ...

A matter of personal taste and how much you want to process, but I think I would have lightened the shadow side of the face just a little bit if it was mine.

Registered on January 6, 2011, 20 Posts, 154 Comments
Comment posted by Stephen Kaluski on May 30, 2011 at 3:54 PM
An interesting scene here Jagdeep, good to see you went for the wider POV, love the snarl. :toast:

Just wonder if a little NR could be applied to the BG, plus there looks to be some either Red or Magenta running through the image?

TFS
Steve :wavey:
Registered on March 25, 2007, 189 Posts, 1064 Comments
Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on May 30, 2011 at 8:47 PM
Great capture Jagdeep! No mistaking the subject's determination to fight for every last scrap if necessary; the teeth-baring snarl, the ears set back, even the tail tucked in, all signs to a would-be interloper to stay well clear. Very nice picture indeed :^)
Registered on March 1, 2011, 154 Posts, 2083 Comments
Comment posted by Harshad Barve on May 30, 2011 at 9:50 PM
Yet another winner here from you Jagdeep , Top class
Registered on July 25, 2010, 39 Posts, 210 Comments
Comment posted by Ken Watkins on May 30, 2011 at 11:38 PM
Jagdeep,

Great image, I am wondering if the BG does not overwhelm the Jackals slightly and if taking some from the top might help, otherwise great where it is needed.
Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments
Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on May 31, 2011 at 12:20 AM
Very nice Jagdeep, I like it that you included so much of the habitat, that BG is wonderful. Totally beyond your control, but if there would have been separation between the two jackals (i.e. they would not overlap) this would have been even better I think. I agree with Steve on the slight magenta cast.
Registered on February 24, 2006, 504 Posts, 7203 Comments
Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on May 31, 2011 at 8:55 AM
Thanks for the valuable feedback.
Here's the repost with some color correction and NR.
Jagdeep Rajput :wavey:
Registered on April 29, 2008, 686 Posts, 2857 Comments
Comment posted by Ken Watkins on May 31, 2011 at 11:17 AM
Jagdeep,

The repost is a very dramatic improvement, I like it even more now :toast: :toast:
Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments
Comment posted by Jim Hackley on May 31, 2011 at 4:31 PM
Wonderful timing to get this action. I like the overall composition showing surrounding habitat and that snarl really makes the image. I like the repost much better, great job in getting this, well done.
Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments
Comment posted by Lon Sharp on June 2, 2011 at 12:20 AM
The repost is an excellent improvement! :toast:
Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments