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Hi Loi ,Awesome image ! To my eye, there is nothing I would change .Looks to me a complete story is spelled out !
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Very nicely captured Loi. I like it as it is.
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BPN Member
Hi Loi,
you captured the feeding scene quite tight and intimate, like the fact that the lioness is not facing the camera just look to the side , just ignoring your presence.
A bit more room to the RHS and a bit less to LHS would make a more balanced image , for my eyes.
Tones - i would go darker a tad in the HL and a tad lighter in the mid tones, in the blacks you went too far, losing all the details in the dark areas, all three channels are clipped in the blacks.
A bit more local contrast to the green channel would help to give the lioness a bit more definition.
TFS Andreas
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BPN Member
Hi Loi,
great scene and image. I agree with Andreas with a tad more room. Also would like to see the paw on the "lunch" a bit more sharper.
Andreas gave you good suggestions for it.
Have a great week
Ciao
Anette
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Lifetime Member
Hi Loi - looks like she is enjoying that meal! Good choice on the portrait comp here. Good suggestion regarding the blacks and more space on the right. It also looks like the whites on the tip of the paw were blown and/or heavily recovered so I would revisit that area. You forgot to include ss, aperture and ISO in your post.
TFS,
Rachel
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Forum Participant
Nice capture. I agree with the comments, the photo needs, IMO, more saturation. I realise she was in the shade and that made things difficult.
Ben
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Hi Loi - Both posts look awesome, slightly prefer the repost. Amazing details on the lioness's face! I agree on the paw that would add even more if taken at f8. Amazing cature. TFS
Hennie
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Wildlife Moderator
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Originally Posted by
Steve Kaluski
Hi Loi, well I trust this was produced after our afternoon?
A lot has been said above and I think you have addressed certain points raised, however for me it's a combination of the two postings. I much prefer the more 'muted' colours of the OP, however you may want to adjust colours via Selective Colour rather than Saturation, but your call, although you will need to make the changes using masks

. Also going lighter on the RP I feel brings up more sharpening, so again I prefer the OP. I agree on your observation regarding DOF, but it's always easier with hindsight, however that will come in time.
TFS
Steve
Steve, yes this was done after I learned a thing or two from you about masks! It's indeed quite powerful.
Seeing the image in full resolution vs. those posts here ta reduced resolution also makes a difference. I agreed that the OP looks better here than the RP. For both postings, however, the fur of the lion is a bit gritty to me, which I don't see at high resolution. I think this image suffers from not being sharp enough for such a close up. I compare this to your cheetah portrait recently posted and yours looks much much sharper.
Thanks again.
Loi
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Story Sequences Moderator and Wildlife Moderator
Hi Loi! Very powerful image and I personally do not mind to see the kill
I think Steve is right when saying that the perfect image would be a combination of the two. It seems to me that the eye of the lioness is sharper in the second version. If the IQ permits I would suggest an experiment with a tighter crop from the top and bottom of the image, a square crop that would lose the grasses, just below the paw. Great capture, very very well done!
Warmest regards,
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Nicely framed for me. Agree with Steve on the OP being better, or at least somewhere in the middle. 
Good detail and exposure control overall...
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