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    Hello everyone !

    Thank you for your C&C's on my previous post .

    Here is another one for this months theme .

    The image is taken at Masai Mara on one late evening when the cubs were at their playful best . the light was very low and i had to push that iso to capture the moment but still the ss is quite low .

    DPP 4 , CS6 , levels , selective colour, WB , NR, sharpening , FF , saturation,vibrance.

    ss 1/160, f/5.6 , iso 6400

    Canon 5D MKIII , canon 500mm f4 IS II.

    All your C&C's are most welcome.
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    Hi Haseeb, a sweet encounter irrespective of the time of day & low light, good to see you pushing things , what's the camera body & lens? I had a similar encounter a couple of months back so can appreciate what a nice sitting this was.

    It's a bit busy with the additional cub & Mum in the BKG, depending on the lens I might have gone tighter to try to isolate the cub more here, then once the others moved away, shot more wider here. I like the pose, vertical tail and paws clutching the log, but would (personally) have liked the head more to camera, just a sucker for that. Cool BKG with no distracting elements, well done on that score. I would suggest dropping the Exp by a third and just watch the dark shadows/blacks in the log from choking.

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    Hi Haseeb - What a great sighting and huge cuteness factor. Steve has summed up it up quite well though I am ok with the direction of the stare. I agree that a tight shot of head, paws and the tip of the log would have been really special. Any chance you got one of those?

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    Thank You Steve and Rachel ! Sorry for not adding the equipment ( i dont know how i forgot that !)

    It was a very chaotic sighting. The lionesses were on the move but the cubs stopped here and there for some activity , they were being very naughty . As soon as they climbed the log , one female (not in the frame) came on to the scene within few seconds and took the cubs down and went away. I never had an opportunity to isolate a cub ( i really wished that to happen ) .

    The day I processed the image ( in the night , dark outside , no light hitting the monitor), initially i didnt touched the Exp but today when i again opened to see the image i though may be a bit more exp is required , ( today morning some light from the glass hitting the screen , it might have to do with the time of the day i processed it ).
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    Thanks for updating the techs.

    It was a very chaotic sighting. The lionesses were on the move but the cubs stopped here and there for some activity , they were being very naughty . As soon as they climbed the log , one female (not in the frame) came on to the scene within few seconds and took the cubs down and went away. I never had an opportunity to isolate a cub ( i really wished that to happen ) .
    As I said Haseeb, it's never an ideal world in Wildlife often, but based on the above well done in achieving what you did. Even when you plan it may not be right. There is always next time.


    The day I processed the image ( in the night , dark outside , no light hitting the monitor), initially i didnt touched the Exp but today when i again opened to see the image i though may be a bit more exp is required , ( today morning some light from the glass hitting the screen , it might have to do we the time of the day i processed it ).
    Can be tricky, can you put a curtain or blind over the window, as retaining a continuity of light does help.

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    Yes I will put something to stop the light source, you have earlier told me to do the same .

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    [QUOTE]you have earlier told me to do the same[/QUOTE

    OOPs, sorry.

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    I think i didnt convey it well , I should have been sorry for not following the advice

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    Hi Haseeb what a cutie the cub in front !!!
    Well timed shot to catch the moment , you did well under the circumstances , i think .
    SS was low but better than not taking the image ...
    I also think the BG is a bit busy with other lions , but there are times when we have to take what we can get .
    When this was taken in the evening .... i would try to restore this as an evening shot with darker tones and less colors ,just my take .
    TFS Andreas

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    Very nic eimage, the cubs in the background don't help but they don't ruin the shot for me. I think I would like a little less overall exposure so there was a tad more depth to the image.

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    Such a cute, whimsical image. I agree with Andreas on making it more of an evening shot rather than more daylight like. Regardless of the direction you choose for the image it is a well execute shot.

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    Thank you Andreas , Jonathan and John . Your inputs are much appreciated.

    I was pretty much undecided on the exposure thing , kept it higher to avoid the noise but got your point , it certainly looks better when tamed down .

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    Haseeb, can't add much more here - but here's a thought...
    In very low light I often tend to set my EV to -0.3 or -0.7 to get richer colours out of the scene, especially since your camera is going to want to expose brighter given the low light.
    this also helps for low SS if you are shooting in Av
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    Thank you so much Morkel for the very helpful tip .

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