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    Saw this Lion in a dry river bed he walked towards our parked vehicle and sat facing us but was interested in a another lion roaring nearby. It was late in the
    evening in fading light. Mashatu Game Reserve, Botswana.

    D 800, 80-400mm AFS, F/6.3 1/100 @ 340mm ISO 2000. LR cropped slightly and straightened. PS adjusted levels and curves, NR applied in different
    layers to BG and lion thereafter sharpened.

    Would welcome your suggestions and comments.

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    Nice pose of the lion, to bad that he is not looking to you.
    Details are very nice. Maybe another round of Midtone to bring out a bit more the details of the lion would be good. Just a suggestion
    Mashatu Game Reserve. I have been there, very nice and great sightings on every drive.

    Have a great eve

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    Hi Hiran, a very simple, yet clean image and a classic pose of what lions do best, lying down & looking.

    At 1/100 you did remarkably well, was this on a tripod, bean bag or HH? Compositionwise I think the crop is the best. Tonally it does look a little flat and so applying some Curves adjustments to help the Blacks & Whites in the mid tone would help just lift things a bit and bring back some depth/contrast to the image. Personally I wouldn't apply any mid tone as I feel it's quite well balanced, however I would apply some more selective sharpening, but as I mentioned earlier, 1/100 is quite low for SS unless you are 'rock steady'!

    Hiran, you did sharpen on a different layer without any NR applied?

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    Hi Steve, This was handheld but was resting the camera on the vehicle, my idea was to get the lowest possible camera angle. I did apply the curves adjustment and sharpened as suggested by you.

    Answering your question I did take the lion to another Layer and applied a light Topaz Noise Reduction and thereafter did the rounds of Sharpening.

    Anette, Thank you for your comment I did adjust the Midtone in Curves. Mashatu certainly was very interesting !

    Would like to know your thoughts.

    Thanks

    Hiran

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    Answering your question I did take the lion to another Layer and applied a light Topaz Noise Reduction and thereafter did the rounds of Sharpening.
    Sorry Hiran, can I just be clear, you have two layers, one where you applied Topaz NR only, then on a separate layer with NO Topaz applied, you applied sharpening?

    I think the RP is looking a bit too contrasty now, this is where I was going with the OP when I made my comments, when there is too much black in the RP it chokes the shadows and fine mid tones where the detail is, hope this helps.

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    Hi Steve,
    After the adjustments to the main picture, I isolated the BG from the main picture took it to another layer and and ran a strong Topaz NR. Then highlighted the Lion from the main picture took it to another Layer and dragged it above the BG layer. Then applied A light NR to the layer of the lion and thereafter onto the same layer of the Lion I applied sharpening.

    Once I uploaded the picture I did think I might have gone a bit too much on curves. I like the image and the amount applied by you.

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    Thanks Hiran, I just wanted to ensure both NR & sharpening were on separate layers and you were not applying any sharpening on a NR adjusted BKG.

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    Nice - I like Hiran's RP but perhaps with a little lift to the whites. Conveys the time of day best of the three I think.
    Ed

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