This pride of Lions were on the move and came within meters of the vehicle, so just enough time to get a head shot in, as the 200-400 was in the footwell. With hindsight probably landscape format not as shot. I could extend the BKG, no problem, but decided to leave as is. With this particular encounter we had been given permission to access the site as it belonged to another concession, a few days later things were not as smooth and the boundaries are very much fixed, sad for both guest & animals.
Enough distance between head and BKG to provide a nice soft backdrop and at 800 ISO no need to blur or any NR.
Thanks to those who viewed or posted a comment on the previous thread.
Steve
Subject: Lioness (Panthera leo) young female, head shot, on the move
Location: Botswana
Camera: Canon 1DX MKI
Lens: 500f/4 MKII with 1.4ext MKIII HH
Exposure: 1/2500s at f/11 ISO800 EV +0.67
Original format: Portrait, very slight crop
Processed via: LRCC & PSCC2015.5







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