Lazy Lion

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

This mall lion (Scar Face-posted earlier) looked up lazily as we approached him in our vehicle. The light hitting that left eye was gorgeous allowing some nice details to be captured.
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[Gunjan Puri]

lovely
the light in the left eye is the eye catching.

is it Gir ?

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Thanks Gunjan, this was in South Africa. Timbavati To be precise :t3

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Sanjeev, I agree the light is nice and the posture is typical of a fat, sleepy lion, seems you may have interrupted his siesta.

Sometimes it's hard to see grass stems in the view finder, however I do feel they are a little distracting because of where they are placed. If you had the opportunity to move left, this I think would have helped, as it seems he certainly wash't going anywhere. I do like the light (especially in the eye) and the way you have retained the lights and darks which helps to retain the form. If this is FF, then a bit more DoF might have helped, but not a killer. Remember, the closer you go, the more you need. :w3

TFS
Steve

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Sanjeev very nice control of shadow and light .
Eye is stunning . Agree with Steve about the grass stem , but remember a leopard with a grass stem right across the face of the master from his recent trip :t3.So no deal breaker , even if not ideal and if possible to have moved to the left in the field would have been better , but easy to say from my chair.
Very nice detail and color on this one and i repeat you are making your way in PP work :cheers:.

BTW i have not seen an Asiatic lion looking that good :w3 :2eyes2:.

Cheers Andreas

[Steve Kaluski]

True Andreas.


if possible to have moved to the left in the field would have been better , but easy to say from my chair.

If I saw it in the viewfinder, or on the back of the screen when checking for comp, I would move subject to other vehicles, I'm not one for staying too long in one position unless for a very good reason. Also in mentioning it, then in a similar instance Sanjeev may change position and get 'the shot'. :S3:

[Andreas Liedmann]

100 % Steve , i am with you :cheers:

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Sanjeev - love the light hitting the eye and the nice detail you have brought out. Colors and tones look good too. Steve has covered the field techs well.

TFS,
Rachel

[edwardselfe]

Yeah - the grass is a bit distracting but the light in the eye makes up for it. I would still have taken the shot. there's a bit of blue in the legs that you could remove, but not a big issue.
Ed