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    One of the best moments while shooting a trio of brothers.
    The routine was drink-stop-stare-drink-repeat .... and the changing expressions of the Lion were as if communicating something

    Shot at late afternoon. Chose the crop to give a perspective of the landscape!

    Canon 7D, 300mmII + 2.0x, f/5.6, EC +2/3, @ 1/500s, ISO 160

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    Hi Shreyas, lovely image.

    Like the low POV, overall colour, not overly saturated and especially, the eyes looking up, as often a shot like this will have the eyes down. Certainly one of the better lions drinking I have seen for sometime. Great detail and well executed in PP. Doesn't get much better IMHO enjoyed viewing it. I don't suppose you have one in a landscape format too?

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    Shreyas - lovely image with great low pov and eye contact. I thought it was a bit bright and applied a luminosity mask at 65% to tone it down a bit and bring out a little more richness of color. WDYT?

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    Lovely image for all the reasons Steve mentioned. Rachel's repost has lifted it even more!
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    Know you wanted to show landscape, but I sure would be tempted to crop it something like this, a 5x4 aspect, using Rachels re-work of OP -
    (width stays same, cropped top and bottom)
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    Thank you for your input, Steve, Rachel, Morkel, and Tom!

    @ Rachel, thanks for your repost. I like how the tones on the Lion have worked with your PP!
    @ Tom, I have another one from the series, exactly along the lines of what your repost shows, and what Steve has asked for. Will post it soon!

    Shreyas

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    Hi Shreyas,

    lovely image, love the eyes and all mentioned already above. Rachels repost does it for me.

    Ciao
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    Lovely image. Rachel's RP lifted the image a notch or two. Tom's crop put the lion in a more central position and I like it better. Well done.

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    My crop, window 5, does almost center the lion, but the eyes and tongue area, the focal point of the image, is on one of those magic 1/3 lines.
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