A very simple portrait of a young male lion, captured at Zuka Private Game Reserve in September 2017.
I remember I nearly fell asleep in the game viewer on that occasion. Waited for quite some time for this fellow to get up as he was sleeping comfortably in the shade. He then walked around a bit, stretched, found a nicer spot... and lied down again
This is almost FF, a slight crop from the top and from the RHS. Techs as follows:
Nikon D4
Nikon 500F4
ISO 1000
F8
1/2000s
Processed in LR and PSCC. NR applied to the BG. Exposure, curves, saturation, vibrance, removed two OOF insects flying about
Hope you don't find this too boring, and thank you so much for taking the time to view. As well as for your kind comments and critique on my previous images - they are much appreciated.
Hi Gabriela -- What a cracking image , I loved the BKG with soft muted colours. Details in your subject are stunning as well . Steve's RP and your RP definitely lifts the image and makes it more pleasing . A fantastic image indeed.
Hi Gabriela oh what a cracker of a portrait !!!!
Love the side profile in combo with the bokeh of dreams !!!!
Lovely fine details in the subject and the PP is just on the dot ...with your RP IMHO ....very nice work !!! A pleasure to view .
Would have been nice to have a proper mane .....
Thank you very much Steve for RP and suggestions, as well as Haseeb, Andreas and Sanjeev for your kind thoughts
They are really cute, those young lion punks. Gorgeous too. And of course, naughty. Andreas, this image was taken in 2017 so he must have a "proper" mane by now