Nobody as it turned out, two Lionesses awaith the oncoming storm, in Kwara Concession, Botswana, 28th december 2010.
EOS 1D MkIV
500mm F4 IS hand-held from open game viewing vehicle
F6.3, ISO 800, 1/160
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Nobody as it turned out, two Lionesses awaith the oncoming storm, in Kwara Concession, Botswana, 28th december 2010.
EOS 1D MkIV
500mm F4 IS hand-held from open game viewing vehicle
F6.3, ISO 800, 1/160
Ken, I like the setting, and to have captured the lightning, very well timed. Good low perspective, and both lioness's with relaxed poses.
Like Peter, I also see a "thick halo" between tree edges and sky. It is not a typical "sharpening edge" in that it is a gradient, about 15-20 pixels wide.
Tom
Thanks everybody for your comments and suggestions, they are much appreciated.
I can see the halo as well, I should have reprocessed this using my new hopefully "halo free" method.
The tree at the back is oof in the RAW, but I think it looks worse here not to sure how this happened.
Ken,
I know this will totally eliminate the l-bolt, but I browser cropped this into a really tight pano and liked the look. The strong gaze of the two lions and the good DOF surrounding them makes this work better IMO. L-bolt aside, I am finding the moderately sharp BG distracting from the tru center of interest of this image.
Ken - it's those pesky blues again :bg3:. What cause and solution have you come up with? Btw like the pose and pov and the bolt raises this image up a notch IMHO.
TFS,
Rachel
Robert,
I can see what you mean, but as you say I would lose the lightening strike and to my mind the purpose of the image.
Rachel,
Yes inded "pesky blues", I think it was caused by a plug-in I was using, but judging by the comments on my recent Fish Eagle posting, this may not be the case.
I really like this...The mood is fantastic and thought on your behalf was great to capture it!
For me, the "problem" with the lightning strike is that there is nothing else in the image to suggest why it should be there. That is, the sky looks blue with no other hint of clouds nor rain.
Tom
I am with Tom on the lightning, it does appear out of place.
Tom and Kirk,
Here is the RAW file, featuring just a little cloud which I removed
Thanks, the original has a wonderful feel and the lightning appears natural.
I do notice something in the original/raw you posted, the distance between the wood stump and the left Lioness is more than it is in your initial post. Also, strangely, the number of trees in the background does not match with the original. Did you cut/merge the left side to bring the lightning closer to the animals ? That would explain the halo and blurry area people are talking about.
Thanks !
Kirk,
I had completely forgotten about doing that, it is after all nearly a year ago:bg3::bg3:
Peter,
Thanks a lot for your reposts they have given me some ideas:cheers::cheers:
Like the wider, more inclusive view of the RAW original. Nice timing.
Great timing here Ken! I like it with the lighting bolt, quite unique...:5
I find it strange but the "out-of-camera" shot has a lot more clarity and apparently higher IQ than your OP?? :e3
Maybe you pushed saturation a bit and added some blur to the BG?
Great scene here Ken , rare to see this ,
TFS