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excellent Composition and pose.very nice light.
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Hi Morkel - portrait was certainly the way to go here. Beautiful light and the dof works great. I might consider dropping the reds just slightly. I may be crazy but does it need just the slightest amount of ccw rotation?
TFS,
Rachel
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What a great sighting in beautiful light, Morkel! I cannot find fault with this image,the subject is sharp and well exposed against that soft BG, love the dust, the red in the lion's mane -he must have had a copious meal...This makes me think of a couple of lion images I have-also full frame, vertical-which remain unprocessed up to this day because each time I want to work on them I am not sure about the crop and how much of the lion's body should I leave in the picture. You have done the right thing by not cropping too much - this lion's impressive mane is his best feature,and it is what makes this image so attractive to me.
Kind regards
Gabriela
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Stunning - just what I was saying in a previous post about getting excellent contrast without too much black. Wouldn't change a thing.
That is an astonishing mane! Never seen anything like it in Zambia.
Ed
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Wildlife Moderator
Very powerful Morkel.
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.

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Super as usual Morkel
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Very powerful image with the intense yellow eye and raised foot. The composition of just the front part of the lion adds to the power. Beautiful lighting & details on the awesome mane.
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The stare into the distance with a trail of dust and the sharp perfect detail of the mane makes this a very good picture.
HIran
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Very nice morkel, great detail and well exposed in some nice light, especially like the hint of blood in his mane.
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Macro and Flora Moderator
Terrific image Morkel, difficult to know exactly where to have the body cut in a portrait but I think this is as good as any. I really like this image, I wonder did you have any landscape mode images it's my bet they would be equally impressive.
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I Like this a lot Morkel.
The reddish fur looks nice to me.
I would lighten the left eye a bit, there is some color and light there, I would maximize it.
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This is a good one Morkel. The look, raised paw, and colors in the mane make it a winner.
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Thank you all so much
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Beautiful everything here, Morkel! What an impressive specimen!
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