cheetah & cub

Gotta love that morning light

Nicely balanced composition Basri. F9 looks like a good choice, got them both in focus and still managed to have a soft background. The rock is an excellent prop for them to pose on, and what nice poses they gave you! Although the photo was captured in morning light, I might try reducing the saturation slightly, the coats appear almost orange on my monitor (this should be taken with a grain of salt as I have not seen a cheetah in the field, so maybe they are this color? ). A final small nit, the dark trunk behind the adult's head, might be worth trying to lighten it a little when you print this stunning image.

Awesome Light It was sure nice of this beautiful pair to strike such an great pose at just the right moment for you. And, you handled the opportunity perfectly. The large version is a pleasure to view.

An Extra-oridinary Photograph Basri

Ken Archer

Great light n poses here !
I may prefer a touch more room at the bottom.
Jagdeep Rajput

Great shot Basri, wonderful pose, lighting and composition.

Beautiful picture for all the reasons already stated. My first impression was it was over saturated, but the larger version looks more natural in color.

Beautiful poses and depth of field control. I bet this will be a stunning print.

Based on the fact that the small size is much more reddish than the larger, and that the larger still is (to my eye and monitor) overly red, I wonder if you have converted the images to sRGB color for web presentation? If not, I believe various browsers and computer screens may view the colors differently. As I see the image on my machine with Firefox and IE the color is quite saturated and the eye color especially feels unnatural. I did compare lots of other cheetah images through a Google image search to see how the eyes normally appear. Of course punchy saturation can be a matter of taste so let your real print be your final guide.

Awesome light Basri! On my screen and in Firefox, the larger version looks way better and more natural than the smaller one; there obviously must be a colour profile issue here. I agree with a touch more room at the bottom, but that is very minor. I like Gary's remark about the trunk in the BG; however, alternatively to lightening that you could also try to darken the rest of the BG a tad. Looking at the BG to the right that would match nicely.