We saw this lion with mud all over her body next to on a shallow creek. A lean over the top of the safari told the story. The reek was muddy and in it lied a wildebeest. We came closer and saw the lion had a gash about 5 inches behind her left ear. She was tired and resting. I took a few shots, but felt sorry for the lion and so stopped taking shots and just watched her. Next day we came back to the same spot and she was gone, the wildebeest was half eaten. Amazingly, the birds and hyena hadn't discovered it. So we think the lion survived the ordeal.
1DX
500f4 II
1/400
f5.6
ISO-800
Removed a distracting branch of grass.
Took a sliver off the bottom.
Levels, Curves to add contrast, Saturation + 10
Late afternoon just before sunset.
Appreciate your comments.
Thank you
loi







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Perhaps a sliver off the top, WDYT? Wet fur can be tricky, but overall are you happy with the depth & tone of the image, I wonder if you moved the exp to the right a little too much??? Just a thought.


