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    This is towards the end of an encounter with the Machaton brothers who were feeding on a buffalo carcass taken down the previous night with Rachel. Sorry, Rachel didn't take it down with the lions, she was with me .This particular Lion was watching a Leopard who was just on the bondary hoping for any pickings left when the two brothers left. The light by now had just began to rise over the hill, allowing for some half decent light to come into the 'bowl' where we were positioned. The light really illuminated the rib/carcass nicely IMHO.

    Thanks to those who viewed or posted a comment on the previous thread.

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    Subject: Lion (Panthera leo) at kill
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    Lens: 200-400f/4 HH
    Exposure: 1/1600s at f/5.6 ISO1600
    Original format: Landscape, slight crop, (almost FF on width, cropped from foot, RIP)
    Processed: LRCC & PS CC2015

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    Hi Steve, Nice image with a 'spot light' on the ribs and lion. Great detail and sharpness with perfect colours. TFS.

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    Really dramatic pose on this one Steve, like the way the light falls on the Lion, that is some rack of ribs, must be great to photograph.

    Keith.

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    Hi Steve - I do like the way the light is finally hitting the area a little, particularly the ribs and the eye and the colors look spot on. Perhaps not ideal having the organs right at the front bottom but unfortunately that's where the lions left them.

    TFS,
    Rachel

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    Hi Steve i would call this RED , wow without looking too intense !!!!
    The ribs are a real eye catcher .You have stunning detail and lovely sharpness in this one , well controlled HL and SH under the given light situation .
    You might look at the blue/ cyan component , i just feel they are a bit intense for my taste , but as always colors are subjective and you can also let them stay there .how about going a bit off centre for the lion , move the whole frame to the left to give the lion a bit more virtual room to look into and loose the whitish inside of the buff .

    Nice job Steve .

    TFS Andreas

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    Hi Steve

    Love the moment captured here!
    That leopard really captured his attention..
    Love morning light.
    Amazing detail, as always.
    While looking at thumbnail, I thought too much red..but that's how it was in the early light. I would still bring down the luminosity on reds a tad- personal taste.

    Just wish grasses in FG was not there- but they are..
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    A graphic image indeed Steve, accentuated by the fall of light.
    Personally I am not sold on the placement of lion & ribs in frame and would have liked a more "space to look into" on the RHS with the ribs more towards LHS?
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    Steve that is a really fantastic image I bet you were thrilled to bits with it, the lighting is magic and the colour rendition is superb.
    I know you use ACR, do you generally start using Adobe Standard colour or do you use the Camera (Canon) standard colour as your starting point? Got to say it the colours really are amazing.

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    Hi Steve -- Lovely vibrant colours and details as usual . i more or less agree with Morkel here but enjoyed viewing this image .
    TFS !

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    Thanks guys, Andreas I wanted that intense colour, the light was great and so I wanted impact in the image. Can remember what was to the right Morkel, could have moved the frame more right, but perhaps there was an obstruction like a tree? There was an old blacken branch in the location, think it was hit by lightening, this may have been the reason????

    I know you use ACR, do you generally start using Adobe Standard colour or do you use the Camera (Canon) standard colour as your starting point? Got to say it the colours really are amazing.
    Hi Jon, I use LR and PSCC2015, I tend NOT to use Adobe as I want to control the colour right from the start and so each image may vary in it's starting point. I will then 'manage' the colours to how I wish the image to appear.

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