It's good to be the king!

[Roman Kurywczak]

Couldn't resist the title:D.......had quite a few opportunities with mating lions .....the angle here (although not light) is my favorite. Serengeti NP from my just completed tour. I will be announcing next years tours shortly.
Canon 1D Mark lll with the 100-400mm lens at 150mm and f11 for 1/1250 sec and ISO 640. Hand held.

[Harshad Barve]

Wow ! looks like you and king had blast of time in SNP , very powerful image and look at the size differece between male and female :eek::eek:
TFS

[Steve Canuel]

Gotta have some reward for being on the lookout for rivals all the time! I like the opposing head turns here. Nice view of the female. Personal preference for a little boost in contrast and color.

[Sid Garige]

Great timing Roman. Looks like you had great time in Africa.

[Paul Taylor]

Like you got them both snarling and her eyes open. The angles of the body tell a story too - the moment of release. Detail is fantastic too. Just a great action catch.

For my taste, a boost of midtone contrast would make it even better. Saturation is fine for me, but I am seeing the colour as being just a little off (a touch too much magneta maybe? Not sure).

[Ken Watkins]

Very nice, good to see some action, I also think there maybe a slight magenta cast based on the colour of the mud!

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Roman,
Great action. I wonder how you resisted the temptation of not clicking this with a wide angle. :D I like the details in this image and the sharpness. It is good that you got it in the open without any intervening bushes to contend with. Thanks for sharing. Look forward to more.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[David Thomasson]

LOL ... love that title, Roman! My first thought was, "I told you ... I have a headache!"

[Todd Frost]

Looks like you had a great trip. Detail looks good. Agree with Steve on the contrast and saturation boost. TFs
Todd

[Fabs Forns]

Great display of dominance, we females have a way to make the males think they rule ;)

I used the gray eyedropper in Curves on the mud patch and this is what I got.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Looks good Fabs! Nice, quick tip!
I will confess that I lowered the contrast and saturation....I think I'm still recovering from the 8 hour time difference!

[Fabs Forns]

Pray that we win the lottery so we can go together next year :)

[DanWalters]

Like the interaction and the expressions. The second post is more colorful.

[Stu Bowie]

Hey Roman, a great sighting, and "action" well captured. The intense expressions on both parties makes this image.

[Ed Cordes]

Great "action" image. Both the original and Fab's re post look on my monitor as if they could use more contrast. Also looks like a color cast -green?

[Morkel Erasmus]

they do make quite a racket eh Roman? :)
nice angle indeed, the repost sorts the colours out better. I might be tempted to do a high contrast B&W here?

I trust your trip was the bomb - one of my dream destinations that...