Young lions

[Ignacio Yufera]

An old shot from Etosha NP, Namibia. This was shot on an overcast early morning, in very dim light; I'm surprised I got any sharpness at all. The poor light gives it such a monotone feel that I often wonder if a B&W conversion is in order.

Don't ask me why I used such a wide aperture; I guess I was trying to get both animals in focus, and most of the time they weren't parallel. Long time ago though...

Despite its technical limitations, this has proven quite popular as a large canvas print :D.


Canon 40D, 100-400 @ 170 mm, 1/250s f/9, ISO 400

[Stu Bowie]

Ignacio, good playful behaviour, and the front lion is asking you if you got the shot - what a pose with great eye contact. We often wonder how we got to our older settings.

[Todd Frost]

Nice moment captured. Love the look on the lead cubs face as well as the splayed paw. Wondering if you have tried boosting saturation and contrast at all. TFS
Todd

[DanWalters]

Nice action. Really like the look the lion is giving you on the left.

[Grant Atkinson]

Hi Ignacio, I really liked the eye contact, the paw, and the flying dirt around their paws...adds to feeling of action. You did well to catch a moment there. I agree with the others re a little more contrast and saturation. cheers
Grant

[Harshad Barve]

excellent image , love the way rear cub is playing with tail of front cub , quite similar to tiger cubs behaviour
TFS