Lion with his harem, I would say, or: Hey girls you better start to take your mud bath, Anette will be here soon, get pretty, she will be your competition
Found them on "there" after not much looking, they just came to me, not the opposite, was a lucky duck
Did my usual LR stuff, WB, darken here a tad, brighten here a tad. Pulled it into PSCC ( sold soul ) applied Levels, midtone, and sharpened in CC a tad selective applied.
Canon MKIII ISO800 f/7.1 1/2500 ( before they had a little get together, that's why ISO is a bit high. Should have had ISO 400 in such situation and should have switched when all calmed down a bit!! )
70-200mm & 1.4x ect.
It was around 6pm, had not much time with them since I had to leave for camp.
Nice light and scene here Anette. I like the springboks in the background, but would perhaps crop some off the top?
I wish for some more head-turn/eye contact from the harem, but it's not a deal-breaker.
Was this Okondeka or Newbronii?
Lions - the most fantastic cats in the world, by far! This was a special moment, well captured!
I would have cropped the lions much tighter in order to see that 'smile' from closeby - even if that would drop part of the lioness' tail on the left and most of the background.
Tobie, thank you very much for your comment. The kind of crop you are talking about, if I get it right, I would loose lots of IQ! I think with the lioness not even looking to the camera the lion gets all attention he needs.
I should add on this. I love to give the animals space that they can breath within the image, if this is understandable. Showing the environment as well a tad or more and maybe what is all behind the image!
Have a great day
Ciao
Anette
Last edited by Anette Mossbacher; 02-14-2014 at 04:48 AM.
Hi Anette, I agree with Morkel, a sliver off the top should be good, perhaps just above, or below the yellow 'line'. Nice warm light and this has also helped in the whites too. Techs look fine irrespective of a higher ISO, IQ has not suffered. Don't think I would like to bathe in 'that mud'.
Anette made a very valid point Tobie, cropping in so tight would lose a truck load of image content and the IQ would drop dramatically. You need to think about cropping and framing 'in camera', allowing some space for latitude in you final composition at PP stage. Get the shot you want firstly, then move position or change lenses to have alternative images, cropping hard is not the way to go.
TFS
Steve
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.
Hi Anette,
so Mr Adobe got you in his hands…… and will not let you go, clever as he is.
Image looks like Newbroni waterhole.?
Nice seen with the smiling male and the bokkies in the BG adding a nice touch and depth to the frame.
Agree about losing some of the BG above the Springbok.
Like the Etosha coloration and overall tones, but would go for a bit deeper shadows in the main subjects and darken the 1/4 tones a fraction, it was taken at 6pm you said.
Thanks a alot Steve, will check in the image with your suggestions as well.
Tobi, not sure what you mean. When I crop this image heavily as you say, I have a not much left on size of the image. Say, now I have a client who wants that image 1m wide printed on a great paper to hang it on the wall in his office. With your crop I would be not able to deliver a good quality print I am personally happy with! I do want to be happy with the quality i sell to make my customers happy and to come back! If you are happy with loosing IQ, well than go on with it. IMHO, whatever kit you use, you loose IQ in your image when heavy cropping will be applied.
Andreas, yes right your are with the waterhole. Sorry Morkel, forgot to mention it. Deeper shadow, what exactly do you mean with that. Darker? Yep was around 6pm and had to take off to Halali, gates where closing than around 6:45pm! But can check the exact time on the file, if you need it I know you, I will deliver the seconds too, hihihihihi
Hi Anette - I agree with you on IQ and prefer the wider view. For me the springboks in the back add a lot. I agree with Morkel and Steve on the head angle of the females but by no means a deal breaker. Crop from the top would work as well.
Hi Anette,
with deeper shadows i meant going darker in the real shadows of the lions without choking the blacks…
I never look at EXIF data of others……… so you do not have to be afraid if i look for every 1/10 of a second of your time given.
Andreas
Anette, for the purpose of a large wall print, I'll definitely not crop much other than as suggested by the other guys. Knowing myself, I would most probably have zoomed in a lot closer from the beginning but you have a very valid point!
Thank you very much Rachel and Andreas.
Andreas you are so funny, I seldom look in my EXIF, you can anytime if you like I do not mind. I did not even lighten up the shadows, well not that I know off right now. Just pulled out the blue cast
Smilie!
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