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Happy belated lion day

I love the inquisitive nature of these beautiful cats. All thoughts welcome...
Location: Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa
Date taken: 15 June 2014
Canon 7D, 400 f2.8
Photo details:
ISO 1250
Shutter speed 1/640
F stop 6.3
Exposure bias -0.3
Sharpened for web
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Nice pose, good details and exposure despite the brighter back-light/BG. A square crop might look nicer as it will give bit more room in front of the lioness....
TFS.
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Nice post for WLD, Richard. Love that typical Kgalagadi look to her and the image.
Rachel's repost has taken it in the right direction tonally - I can't help but wonder if you took one in "landscape" orientation too? Would have a bit more room to "look into" that way?
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Beautiful expression & good IQ! Morkel & Rachel have said the rest!
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Thanks so much to everyone for taking the time to comment and provide advice!
Rachel, your repost is awesome. Really appreciate it! And need to apply my mind more to post processing. The image is not full frame and I do have a bit more space to play with on the right. I will repost when I have a chance... am way behind on my photographs.
Morkel, thanks, I don't have a landscape image but do have some room to work with. (Think I need to go on what of your post processing courses :)). Thanks again!
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Hi Richard, personally I feel it's somewhere between the two, as the blacks are going a little 'contrasty' and loosing a little of the finer detail for me. I might be tempted to blown some colour back in at the top and lose the blue, it just seems then to keep the colours within the same palette. Just watch the chin, it's starting to get a tad crunchy and the chest has a little colour noise creeping in too. Like the inquisitive look and those eyes you can fall into.
TFS
Steve
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Thanks so much Steve. Appreciate the advice