Lionscape

[Marc Mol]

Cropped lower grass portion to a pano format.
Three brothers from the Mapula/Vumbura area of the Moremi GR- Botswana Sept '09
Would have loved the attention of the middle bros also.

D3 500VR 1/1250s ISO200@f/5.6

C & C most welcome

Cheers
Marc

http://africaddict.smugmug.com/Nature/Botswana-Sept-2009/D317877panoa/737840606_VhHfi-XL.jpg

[Steve Kaluski]

Marc, I like this:) Great feel, position and habitat, with a good choice of format.

Be interesting to see how it looks with a 'Nick Brandt' look ;) Not sure if clipping a cms off from the top might help, as the top branches I find slight distracting? But hey, that's me ;)

cheers
Steve

[Harshad Barve]

Excellent image Marc , Nice feel of habitat and personally I liked this as posted ;)
TFS

[Betsie Storm]

Hi Marc, I like it as posted, want to go back there soonest! Pity the middle brother did not bother to look at you- that would have really made the image.

[DanWalters]

Really like the habitat and the position of the lions and the tree seems to anchor the photo.

[Ken Watkins]

Marvelous to see three "proper" male Lions, reminds me of the good old days in Selinda and Lagoon!

[Alfred Forns]

Great feel Marc and do like the larger view !! Would crop some from the right to get the one branch out and maybe a tiny bit of the bottom !!! Love it !!

[Morkel Erasmus]

great 'scape Marc. agree with Al - a little more pano crop would do the trick for me here...

[Steve Canuel]

I like the depth provided by the two layers of BG trees.

[Todd Frost]

Like it as posted. Nice to see the larger picture sometimes also. Good choice in crop format. TFS
Todd

[Santosh Tigga Saligram]

Ah, what a magical scape! This image has as much visual value as it does natural-history value! Despite such contrasty light, I love the tones here, and the gently out-of-focus background with a bluish tinge simply completes what is a profound treat!