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    Default The kopje King.

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    The dominant male from the Kusini Kopje pride is on dawn patrol.
    I was very pleased when I saw the opportunity that this beautiful male presented me with as it straddled "it's" kopje (rock outcrop) to survey his kingdom!
    Tried as best I could to get that tail extended, but it just didn't happen for me on this morning.......musn't grumble
    With this pride being protected by 4 big males, and (most) of the kopjes themselves being relatively small in height allowing for a much lower POV, this area would have to be one of the best areas to photograph lions on kopjes IMO.


    Kusini plains/Serengeti- Nth Tanzania.


    D4 80-400AF-S 1/4000s f/5.6 ISO1600@ 210mm. Slight crop for comp, H/H from front pax seat, levels, curves, WB adj + 4% Nik detail to get a sky that resembled what I saw, in PSCC & ACR.

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    Hi Marc very nice silhouette of the King .Like the color and tone in the sky , but would choose a different crop though.

    For cleaner corner/edge i would crop where the Kopje meets the bottom line .

    TFS Andreas

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    Wow, such a great silhouette of lion. I love your photo. thank you for sharing.
    I agree with Andreas about the crop and I think a warmer red sky in background via PP could improve your great capture, Otherwise I love the shot.
    Thank you

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    I like this a lot. Gorgeous silhouette and I love the blue sky rather than the typical 'Orange Africa sky'. Very nice Marc!

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    Appreciate the comments guys, many thanks.

    Quote Originally Posted by Andreas Liedmann View Post
    Hi Marc very nice silhouette of the King .Like the color and tone in the sky , but would choose a different crop though.

    For cleaner corner/edge i would crop where the Kopje meets the bottom line .

    TFS Andreas
    I had entertained your alternate crop suggestion Andreas but went with this one for a slice more of yellow tones in the sunrise.


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    Hi Marc - I also like this a lot. Well seen and captured. I too like the blue tones. Andreas's crop suggestion is a good alternative. I do see a slight halo around the lion.

    TFS,
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    Perfect silhouette, the BG color could not have been better....
    Dan Kearl

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    Thanks Rachel & Dan.

    Quote Originally Posted by Rachel Hollander View Post
    I do see a slight halo around the lion.

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    Good pickup Rachel, even if slight they are still visible, this always becomes a problem with large variations in contrast and shows up big time in silhouettes.
    After tinkering with many ways of removing halo's, most have involved manual & time consuming methods via the clone stamp tool.

    I've recently found a far quicker and more efficient method that involves the healing brush tool and changing the Mode from normal to darken.

    ...................and yes I should have used it here for my OP, but felt it wasn't required.

    Here is a RP using that method, the changes are subtle but it does work and do notice an improvement.
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    Love the silhouette here. A wonderful looking lion for sure! May have cropped a bit off the left and top for comp. Great opportunity and follow through!

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    Glorious image mate, love it.
    Can't add much more than what's been said already, RP is an improvement. Wish I could spend time with these kopje-climbing lions of the Serengeti someday!
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    Amazing silhouette Marc, all has been dealt with but I must admit this is well thought out and executed frame. Nice work.

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    Hello Marc ! I liked the colors as they are, cropping from the left will kill the yellow color, so this composition really works . Beautiful image !

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    Perfect in every aspect! I can really feel the power of this great animal.

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    its all been said,a great image,well done.

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    The word "glorious" comes to mind, but I see my friend Morkel already used it:)

    I love this, brings back special memories, moves my imagination, very evocative - perhaps "sublime silhouette" is appropriate?
    Simple and so beautiful, Marc

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