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    Another from our sighting of the lions feeding on the buffalo carcass in the Timbavati Game Reserve. This image for me was more about the carcass than the lion. I liked the way the light was finally hitting the kill and wanted to capture the lion just peering over the kill.

    Canon 5D3
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    ISO 800
    Beanbag from safari vehicle, shot vertical but slight crop for comp, luminosity mask, levels, curves, selective color adjustments, sharpened in CCPS.

    C&C welcome and appreciated. Thanks,

    Rachel

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    Hi Rachel understand what you want to achieve with this , but unfortunately i think the subject looks a little lost in the frame , too busy all around , for my taste to get this really working.
    You handled the harsh looking light quite well , but the shadow areas does look lightened a tad too much to me. The ribs are too dominant in color and lightness taking away the interest of that look of the lion.
    I think very difficult to make this working nicely , maybe with some subtle tonal and color changes , but would give it another try , and go tighter if IQ allows .

    TFS Andreas

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    Hello Rachel,

    I take great joy in seeing you experimenting. Yes, this is about the carcass and a powerful image indeed, if the IQ allows I would go very tight from the top and bottom. I like the flame red of the carcass, there's a "raw" quality to it and the lion's expression says "don't mess with me right now"...It must have been quite an experience, just being there...

    Well processed as always, the colours work for me and overall a strong image with great potential. To add more impact I would bring the carcass and those chilling eyes behind it much closer...

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    Gabriela Plesea

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    Thanks Andreas and Gabriela. Here's a horizontal crop from the ff vertical image (a bigger crop than I usually prefer to do). I also applied another lumo mask, reduced the reds slightly and then burned the grasses around. WDYT?

    Thanks again,
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    Hi Rachel,
    Certainly an eye catching photo with those big, red ribs. Think I prefer your RP. Less room up top puts closer focus on those eyes peering over the ribs. Probably a finer adjustment in your PP programs than my Elements 10, but dropping the lightness on the yellow brought out the lion's face more for me by reducing the vibrance of the clump of grass by it's face, the grasses across the bottom, and to a lesser degree, the lion's body on the right. Didn't seem to affect the main subject as much. May be to much of a departure from what you actually saw though.

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    Hi Rachel this works better .

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    Rachel this works for me so well, your RP is just what I wished for!And the IQ is great!

    Love it, brrr....I get shivers down my spine when I look at those eyes behind the carcass - great work Rachel!!!

    Have a wonderful week-end, warmest regards
    Gabriela Plesea

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    Rachel, I like the RP better & the landscape orientation works well portraying the intensity of the moment well.

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    Great moment captured. I think that there are too many external problems that cannot be fixed in pp. Ben

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    Hi Rachel i looked at this again now , with fresh and not tired eyes like this morning after saying it is ok now.
    Actually i am still fine with the crop , looks better .
    But the overall tonality and colors are not fitting my eyes. Overall too saturated and the balance between the HL and shadows are not right , for me . It has some kind of HDR effect without the roughness of the same , if you know what i mean .

    I feel you want to put something in the image that is hard to achieve , meaning the tonal range . I hope you get me right.

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    Its one of those images I have many of in my collection but one of those I will always look at, but pass over as a choice photograph. I just feel there is too much distraction and harsh light on the grass and lion, grass in front of the carcass and Lion also then lion with the back visible adds nothing to the image. Also you can the right eye has been dramatically worked on as well as the shadows over-lightened.... Good sharpness, clarity, colour and nicely processed. The original crop was better.

    Sorry it sounds harsh but for me it's not working!

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    Hi Rachel, based on the OP I might look at a 10 x 8 loosing a lot of the FG, as it's not really working. The RP is perhaps better, but you are asking a lot if you print it big. Hard to tell on the laptop, but Dumay could well be right about the eye and overall light, I didn't think it was that bright, but again without comparing like for like and on a better screen I will reserve judgement. The other issue was that the two lions were constantly dragging and moving the carcass around, so it never was in one position for too long and not wishing to constantly move we had to make the best of things.

    I liked the way the light was finally hitting the kill and wanted to capture the lion just peering over the kill.
    I think you achieved what you were looking for, I just feel you need to work the the light more as in parts it looks too even or bright, there is little or no real shadows.

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    Re-post for me Rachel, love that red.

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    Thanks everyone for the comments and suggestions. I wasn't sure about this one which is one of the reasons I posted it. I think I'll put it aside for a while and maybe revisit in a few weeks starting over to see if I can come up with a better version.

    Thanks again,
    Rachel

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