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Harshad Barve
10-01-2011, 06:16 AM
Dear All

The biggest male Lion I have seen
The evening light and honey moon couple
D3, 200-400/F4 at f4 , 200mm, ISO 800 , 1/1600
All C & C are most welcome
Harshad
Ken Watkins
10-01-2011, 08:44 AM
Harshad,

Great position on this, and great light, did you get any of the subsequent snarling and biting?
Harshad Barve
10-01-2011, 08:45 AM
Thanks Ken


Harshad,

Great position on this, and great light, did you get any of the subsequent snarling and biting?

I have nearly 20 frames from this sequence , will post some more later on
Haim Ziv
10-01-2011, 10:18 AM
Some women told me that we (men) look exactly the same in these moments. :bg3:
Beautiful moment and great light.
Mark Wiseman
10-01-2011, 12:25 PM
Hi Harshad,
I like the wonderful light, detail and composition.
I would have liked more canvas to the right, but you did well as the tails would have then been chopped off.
Well done and thanks for sharing.
Tom Graham
10-01-2011, 04:50 PM
Canvas on right looks fine to me, in fact might chop right a bit.
Tom
Hilary Hann
10-01-2011, 09:28 PM
Beautiful light Harshad and well captured expressions. Look forward to seeing more from the series.
Steve Kaluski
10-02-2011, 02:35 AM
Harshad, good image in nice light.

TFS
Steve
Steve Canuel
10-02-2011, 11:06 AM
Harshad,
I like the light in this one and the comp looks good with the head turn of the lioness.
Morkel Erasmus
10-02-2011, 01:02 PM
Fabulous action in fabulous light, Bhai!
He does look like a monster male...any shots of him standing tall?? :Whoa!:
DanWalters
10-02-2011, 04:56 PM
Great light and interaction. Like the way the males jaws are on the females head.
Marina Scarr
10-02-2011, 08:41 PM
Love the actoin and light here. The female's attitude about it all made me chuckle.
Pieter de Waal
10-02-2011, 11:23 PM
Nice action captured and great light as mentioned Harshad , look forward to seeing others in the series.
Harshad Barve
10-02-2011, 11:51 PM
He does look like a monster male...any shots of him standing tall?? :Whoa!:

Just taking liberty to post another frame in same thread to show his size. I may not have posted this image for C & C :bg3:
Dumay de Boulle
10-03-2011, 01:03 AM
Beautiful male in beautiful light...Very nice moment with the Canines showing..Nice one!
Ken Watkins
10-03-2011, 01:13 AM
Harshad,

Added post is definitely good enough for C & C, he looks a magnificent specimen, and she looks happy too!
Morkel Erasmus
10-03-2011, 01:21 AM
Just look at that lovely mane!! :eek3:
Harshad Barve
10-03-2011, 01:55 AM
Just look at that lovely mane!! :eek3:

For me this is first male with underarms mane :t3
Morkel Erasmus
10-03-2011, 02:27 AM
For me this is first male with underarms mane :t3

Did you see if he has hairs under his tail? :w3:bg3:
Ron Bernstein
10-09-2011, 07:44 PM
Dear Harshad,
Congratulations on this beautiful behavioral shot, in lovely light. Two things bothered me, which I addressed in an edited image I am posting with this message. First, I found the grasses near the heads, and other blades coming into the lioness's lower jaw, very distracting. They were easily dispatched in CS5 using content-aware fill and cloning. Secondly, I thought there was too much uninteresting dirt in the foreground. Given that the subjects were long horizontally in the frame, I thought a letterbox crop would enhance that length and remove the distracting dirt. I hope you like it! Great job on your part! Sitting in Miami I love these Indian wildlife shots!!!
Best,
Ron
Harshad Barve
10-10-2011, 05:44 AM
Thanks Ron , Much appreciated


Sitting in Miami I love these Indian wildlife shots!!!


How I wish this place was in India but it is in Kenya :bg3: