This Cheetah wanted to eat the puppy.

There was a dog on the other side of the fence that this cheetah was staring down.

Now, seriously, I need some HEAVY comments and criticism on this picture. I feel like I'm posting crap everytime I post becuase no one says anything, positive, or negative. I personally like the expression on the cheetah's face, yet I hate the fence that was in the way. I was only a few feet away from it at the bronx zoo.

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Bars aside I think it is a good shot. It is sharp where it needs to be. I would try and lighten up around the eyes or just the eyes to see them better in PP. The DOF fits well. I have liked most of your shots, but, being a newbie it is hard for me to say this is good or this is bad.

I like it! I think the lighting is nice, so is the BG. The expression is great.

The color looks a little flat to me. I'm no expert mind you, just an opinion. Did you do any post processing? I did a little, what do you think?
I added some saturation, some contrast, and masked the eyes and mouth and lightened them up so they would pop some more.

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Only PP I did was crop/resize and rotated it a little so the fence was straight up and down. Here's my attempt at color correction:

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i didn't mess with the color balance. I just added saturation and contrast. But when i did that, the eyes and mouth went almost total black. So i masked them, and lightened them up a bit. I did it very quickly and forgot to make the fence that is over the right (our left) eye match the rest of it. So you can see how much i lightened the eyes.

Nice shot....the 'fence' doesnt look like it would contain him if he really wanted to get at the dog! I might try whitening his teeth and see if it gives him a more menacing look.

Given the environement, I think it's quite a good shot. The main criticism I would have is that the eyes are rather dark, and especially in cats this a big draw

Had to fix the fence over the eye, it was too distracting.

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Since the face is the point of interest a portrait shot works best for me. It does need more contrast as said, but I cropped your original post. The tendency is to over-saturate and IMO your second image is better and probably closer to the actual color. Good capture and tacksharp.

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Agree with the saturation, it's a bit more than the natural coat color, here is one with just the eyes and mouth brought out a bit.

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Much better, looks good to me.

I like the NON cropped version (which is a rareity for me as I am a tight cropper) and l like the color saturated enhancement as well. I would like to see the shawdows lighter, but have NO idea HOW to do that, but I know people on here do it all the time. One day I will have to learn...

This is NOT crap...I really like it, dont love it cuz of the bars, but what can you do?

Wow!! You wanted feedback, you sure got it. I don't take pictures, just enjoy the ones that other people take. Thank you all for sharing.

hear ya go, just use the shadow/highlight tool in PS.

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