The Nsefu pride females with 6 cubs here huddled under a thicket to wait out a thunderstorm, as evidenced by their wet coats. It makes for a nice B&W conversion also.
I love the eyes in the FG & BG that come together to make a lovely trio of lion eyes, I'm not too concerned with the cut off ears of the FG cub and happy with the comp as it is.
South Luangwa NP- Zambia.
Cheers
Marc
D4s 500f/4 VR 1/320s f/7 ISO800. F/F. The usual levels & midtones in ACR/PS CC.
Hi Marc they look quite funny that dirty the little lions , with a great cute factor .
Taking your words from the intro , i think the position of the three is not ideal , by knowing we cannot tell them what to do for us . For me the overlap tiny bit too much . The piece of wood is a bit unfortunate nothing you do likewise .
I quite like the overall tones and colors with a nice depth in them , but would back off on the contrast very slightly .
Hi Marc, such cute lions. I like that they are wet, something different. I as well would back off a slight tad the contrast as Andreas mentioned. I do not mind with the tree, bush branch or so at all, that is life :)
Hi Marc - definite cuteness factor here. Good comments and suggestions by Andreas and Anette. I too would back off on the contrast. The log doesn't bother me but the ear intersecting the eye of the bg lion does.
Hey Marc. This will be a "Marmite" one for sure...
I like what you were going for - but for it to have been pulled off in my books (ie if it were my shot) I would have liked the FG OOF cub's head to be turned a smidge more towards us so the eye is more defined/visible, and also the in focus cub's ear to not overlap the furthest OOF cub's eye as mentioned by Rachel. Sure this sounds uber-nit-picky, sorry about that, but just relaying the first thoughts I had when viewing the image without reading any critique already given.
I love the idea and I don't mind the stick, but the cub on the left just feels a little dominant to me in this comp. I messed with it a little bit in PS and I thought a slight crop helped. Just my 2 cents.
Hi Marc,
I always like it when I see something different but...I am not loving this one.
I find the OOF cub in the FG a bit too dominant and wish for a better HA on him so that we could see the eye .
Gail