Morkel Erasmus
02-03-2016, 04:02 PM
Here's another from our recent trip to the hot-as-heck mid-heatwave Kalahari.
One afternoon we spent time with a pride of lions at the 13th borehole waterhole. There were 2 small cubs in attendance, being very playful (more pics of that later), yet this young male was also being playful with the cubs, much to the mother's chagrin. Here she is sending a clear message to leave her cubs the frick alone! :bg3:
I left space when composing in-camera for him to jump into, but he didn't move as much to the left as anticipated. Was never gonna get both fully in at the distance they were. :e3
Techs:
Nikon D4s
Nikkor 400mm f2.8G VR
f8.0 | 1/1600 SS | ISO-2000
90% of original image, cropped for composition from top, left and bottom, with a slight rotation
Looking at it now, still not happy with the leveling - might go for a hint more CW rotation, WDYT?
One afternoon we spent time with a pride of lions at the 13th borehole waterhole. There were 2 small cubs in attendance, being very playful (more pics of that later), yet this young male was also being playful with the cubs, much to the mother's chagrin. Here she is sending a clear message to leave her cubs the frick alone! :bg3:
I left space when composing in-camera for him to jump into, but he didn't move as much to the left as anticipated. Was never gonna get both fully in at the distance they were. :e3
Techs:
Nikon D4s
Nikkor 400mm f2.8G VR
f8.0 | 1/1600 SS | ISO-2000
90% of original image, cropped for composition from top, left and bottom, with a slight rotation
Looking at it now, still not happy with the leveling - might go for a hint more CW rotation, WDYT?