This female was blocking the sand road south from Polentswa round about 7h30 in the morning. She was going to move for anyone, a park official's vehicle tracks went around her.
We met with her 3 partners a few hundred meters before, they were in hunting mode- in and out of road looking for anything to satisfy their hunger.
This particular female was severely scarred on abdomen and lower back- looked more like a violent interaction with prey animal than a fight- her face was relatively clear.
Nikon D3S with 500 f4
1/1250 @ f7.1
ISO 1250
+0.3EV
She was was lying in the shade, by lifting her head she had side some side light. Had some difficulty with her eyes, did not want to paint a mask..?
About 50% crop for portrait, LR5 and CS6. TK and some actions.
C&C welcome
03-08-2015, 09:27 AM
Rachel Hollander
Hi Andre - I think this works really well. Excellent detail and the dof is perfect. She does look fierce. One of your best portraits for me.
TFS,
Rachel
03-08-2015, 11:43 AM
Sanjeev Aurangabadkar
Excellent portrait with superb eye contact and intense stare. Lovely detail and accurate colours.
03-08-2015, 04:04 PM
Steve Kaluski
Nice, clean portrait Andre, she looks a willy lioness.
TFS
Steve
03-08-2015, 04:08 PM
Marc Mol
Love the look of contempt in the pose here Andre, perfect DOF and image quality, I'm wondering if a slight increase in exposure, say 1/3 just on the face might boost this a little.
TFS
03-08-2015, 04:32 PM
Morkel Erasmus
Love the expression on her, and I think you handled the PP well Andre - eyes look natural and the tones lovely.
03-09-2015, 10:06 AM
D. Robert Franz
Really nice portrait here!
03-09-2015, 12:14 PM
Andreas Liedmann
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Hi Andre i like to agree with Rachel , think this is your best portrait from the technical POV , very well processed my brother !!!!!!
But it would not be me , you know that , where i think i could be slightly improved if wished . You have not used the full tonal range that is in the file (again a gap on RHS of the histogram) .
I just used levels layer and some small boost in the 3/4tones with two adjustment layers (darks/darks mask from TK to each layer ) , one set to screen (blurred with median at 20 px ) other one to multiply blend mode . Grouped the two layers and add lights mask to the group ..... hope you understand . Will send you a demo video shortly , so you hear me talk :wave:.
The base image is already nicely processed and i like the strange look of the lioness and the framing .
Nicely done all around
Your MrB.E.
03-10-2015, 04:22 AM
Andre Pretorius
Thank you Rachel,Sanjeev, Steve, Marc, Morkel and Robert.:bg3:
Thank you Andreas, at work on laptop, will view this tonite on MAC.
Can't wait for the Video, with the deep German voice flooding the Study..:cheers: