I was a little surprised to find these relatively young pair of males in charge of a pride. Perhaps this 'perfectly in step' shot is symbolic of the close relationship between them that made it possible. Shot in the Kgalagadi, SA.
D600 + Tamron 150-600 G2 @ 600mm.
f/7.1 | 1/800s | 1000 ISO | Beanbag in car window, just after sunset.
Lowered highlights, raised shadows. Slight desaturation overall.
The in-step poses make this stand out for me too, Tobie. I like the way the two almost blend into the environment and the interesting light, sandy colour and tones on them right through to their manes. I still would be tempted to brighten this though and review the lighting adjustments as it does look perhaps too flat tonally. Worth spending some time on this as it does have some nice qualities.
I still would be tempted to brighten this though and review the lighting adjustments as it does look perhaps too flat tonally. Worth spending some time on this as it does have some nice qualities.
Thanks for commenting Glenn! I've raised the highlights & whites a bit in this version. I had to cool the tones down a bit. Interesting that BPN enlarges the image to a size bigger than its size in the browser directly after exporting it, which adds some noise. It is also not nearly as sharp as in my browser after the export.
Hi Tobie -- I really liked the walking pose here. To me it appears quite dark and flat . Also the colours look too much on the orange side especially on the lions. Your RP has brighten up the things but there is a considerable amount of noise then. The blacks appears a bit heavy in the RP . worth reprocessing it .
Awesome image of spectacular young specimens- i agree it is a little too orange and that there is too much noise in the repost. Where exactly in the KTP was this?
Awesome image of spectacular young specimens- i agree it is a little too orange and that there is too much noise in the repost. Where exactly in the KTP was this?
Thanks for commenting Basil! I believe that a lot of the orange color comes from the fact that these lions roll around in the red-pinkish Kalahari sand so it's not worthwhile an attempt to remove more of it. The more orange I remove, the more the pink comes to the foreground so it's one vicious circle.
This was near the Leeuwdrill waterhole if I remember correctly.
Hi Tobie, nice to see two lion strolling in tandem, Lions on a mission...
I would have gone to 1/1600 as a starting point, faster if the ISO allowed as they are on the move and 1/800 won't freeze the movement. I also feel f/7.1 isn't enough to get both in, but I'm OK having the main lion in focus only. The OP to me needs a better WB, in doing so the whites are cleaner and the colour not such a 'washer over' bleeding into the overall image and so more detail, clarity and definition comes through. Based on the OP upping the Exposure by a third of a stop helps, you can then adjust any other sliders accordingly if you so wish. The image is noisy, especially in the BKG and so some NR would be useful, was the image under exposed initially as I'm surprised about the noise at ISO1000.
Not sure if this helps, but here is a RP with the above applied.
I would have gone to 1/1600 as a starting point, faster if the ISO allowed as they are on the move and 1/800 won't freeze the movement. I also feel f/7.1 isn't enough to get both in, but I'm OK having the main lion in focus only. TFS Steve
Steve, thanks for your detailed comment and effort in creating the RP. I think I was at a rock and a hard place here because a faster s/s would have needed a higher ISO and even though the D600 handles high ISO's quite well in general, a setting of 1000 was already starting to do damages here for some reason. I agree totally about the WB and exposure issue.