Monwana Lioness

[Dumay de Boulle]

Canon 1D MKIII
Canon 100-400 L IS @ 150mm
AV f5
TV 1/50
ISO 1600
AWB
RAW file processed in CS5 iMac

I am not an advocate of using spotlights on animals at night but at my new place of work they use spotlights so what we do is bounce the light of the ground rather than directly in there eyes...Crits appreciated:S3:

[Marc Mol]

Nicely done Dumay, good use of DOF and ISO. Might just reduce the exposure a tad on her central neck area.




I am not an advocate of using spotlights on animals at night but at my new place of work they use spotlights so what we do is bounce the light of the ground rather than directly in there eyes

Agree 100%, plus it makes for nicer images given that one uses recent high ISO DSLR's :w3
TFS

[Mark Wiseman]

Hi Dumay,
I like your idea of the lighting at night. I agree on the interference and I like the detail and composition. I agree with Mark with regards to the whites of the neck area.
Thanks for sharing and good luck with the sightings. You are in a fortunate position.
Mark.
:5:cheers:

[Harshad Barve]

nice pose , compo , BG and use of light with high ISO , VWD
TFS

[Brendan Dozier]

Great looking lioness, Dumay, and nice capture. That does seem like a more humane way to light them.

[peter delaney]

Hi Dumay

lovely image.. the exposure on neck as been mentioned.. the other point I would like to mention is the OOF leg in BKG .. draws the viewers eyes...not a lot you can really do about it...maybe darkening a tad might help..

peter :S3:

[Rachel Hollander]

Dumay - good suggestions above. The eye looks great. Curious as to whether you used a flash in addition to bouncing the spot or just the spot.

TFS,
Rachel

[Steve Canuel]

Nice. I like the transition of light from neck to BG.

[Morkel Erasmus]

Nice lighting technique, Dumay...hot spots noted. Nice and sharp where it matters.
I'm sure you'll have many more to show us over the coming months :tinysmile_shy_t: