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Wow Morkel, another awe inspiring image. Gorgeous lion with incredible mane in beautiful light. You handled the side light well. Nice earth tones to the lion and bg. Print it.
TFS,
Rachel
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Wow, what an incredible animal! Great POV, amazing detail and sharpness Morkel, must have been a sight to behold.
TFS
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What a striking portrait of an amazing animal. Great expression, and love the traces of blood on the mane. Side light is a bonus here, I think. This is proof that you can never have too many images of Lion...
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Fantastic shot of this male, love the bloody manes. As said before, really nice light and colours. He's really georgeous...
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Hi Morkel, you have been spoilt with that light, creates some nice soft shadows which in turn, has created some nice structure and form to the subject, plus the added bonus of shooting with lower ISO. Like the HA, raised paw and disturbed dust. If this is 90% then a tad more space a the the foot of the image would be good, just bordering on a little tight for me. 
TFS
Steve
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Great Stuff Morkel 
Like this Kalahari lions with these extraordinary manes.
Just like to echo steve`s comment, nails it at 100% for me.
TFS Andreas
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Another vote to give it the test of the frame cropped off. Those yellow eyes are to die for, as the buffalo would say! And it looks like it did! Another amazing image of a spectacular animal. The Kalahari must be an incredible place.
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Superb image of a magnificent beast. I really like the red tinged mane of this lion and the slightly raised paw. TFS Morkel.
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Beautiful shot Morkel. A fine representation of the "King of the Beasts".
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Hi Morkel,
As you probably know, I like higher phase angle images like this. Your image really illustrates the wonderful fine texture in the fur, and nice form due to the shadows, all from the approximately 30 degree phase angle (sun about 30 degrees to your right). Well done. I wouldn't add any space below and it will be out of focus (OOF foreground is already showing, so the frame as is is excellent in my opinion.
Roger
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King indeed.
Majestic image Morkel.
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Thank you Roger and Sid 
Roger, thought you'd like this...