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Morkel,
For me at least this is marvelous and very different, I just wonder if the Lion needs to be less in the centre?
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A fantastic idea and like it a lot. As you wrote, a little more room at the bottom would be good. First I thought the lion should be further to the right but after looking at the image for a while I think the placement in the center works great.
Definitely one of the most interesting lion shots I've seen.
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Morkel I think this work very nicely, lion placement also works for me. Fantastic idea, really love this.
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Effective stitching and it really gives the feel of Mana, from everything I've seen and heard. Would love to see it full size.
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Nice one, very peaceful lion
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Hi Morkel - Nice idea and job stitching. I like the smallness of the lion in the frame and don't mind the centered placement. The early morning feel comes through well.
TFS,
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Another regular on this site and I talked just yesterday about some of your wonderful work that uses this style. I really think its wonderful and I style I likely will have in mind when in Kenya/Tanzania. the added look and feel makes the images really stand out
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Pity that road forced this comp but otherwise very nice. I like the wide view and the placement of the lion close to the middle does not bother me at all. Think Steve do have a good suggestion to try and get the highlights on the trees a bit down.
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Nice scene and good idea of showing the surroundings...Appealing image!
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Hi Morkel, nice image, the very in-focus lion and out of focus trees makes the lion stand out, maybe a smaller aperture would shift the attention away from the lion to the trees, getting some of the trees in focus? Regards, Riaan
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Thanks Dumay and Riaan

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Riaan Marais
Hi Morkel, nice image, the very in-focus lion and out of focus trees makes the lion stand out, maybe a smaller aperture would shift the attention away from the lion to the trees, getting some of the trees in focus? Regards, Riaan
Riaan - that would have been nice - but not really feasible with 700mm in the low light here, ISO was already on 2200 and SS on 1/250 (very slow for this focal length - steady hands!). Besides to get any semblance of good DOF in the BG you need to shoot at f22 or something and on a telephoto even that is not enough for what you suggest. To do that I needed to be closer with a wider lens...and we didn't want to drive right up to this guy and spoil the moment by chasing him up.
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Hi Morkel, yes, it makes sense, it would have spoiled the moment getting closer with a shorter lens.