Lion

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

A lion portrait from Mara.
5D III
100-400 II
1/2000
f/7.1
ISO 1600

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Sanjeev - Looks like he's trying to find whatever shade possible. Was it not possible to move the vehicle to the right to perhaps avoid the bush intersecting with the head? The colors look off with the lion having a lot of orange and there being a magenta cast to the bush and fg. Nice sharpness.

TFS,
Rachel

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Sanjeev, quite a nice image of a resting Lion, but agree with Rachel. The simplest answer is to get the WB more accurate, going to a minus on both WB & Tint will get it to where it needs to go, I've tried it and it removes the casts.

Techs are fine, just would like a bit more below. Applying some additional exposure (Burn/darken) will help.

TFS
Steve

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Thanks Rachel and Steve. Thanks for your tips. I did reduce magentas a lot but guess more was needed. Will look at the WB and work on it. Rachel, there was no space to move due other vehicles.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Hi Sanjeev, my first thought was that mane is a bit orange/red but I love the details, wonderfully sharp. I think a little adventure with curves and colour balance will help, I am sure that is a super image!