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    Hi folks ... just a beautiful male lion of the Etosha NP .
    He was coming from somewhere in the bush and was patrolling his territory , ending up at a close by waterhole .... the story ended there for me as time was over . Gate times were calling me ....
    Hope you like it .

    Canon EOS 1Dx
    EF 500 IS L II + 1,4 TC
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    F 5,6 ; Iso 6400 ; 1/1600 sec ; man exp and auto iso , shot ETTR

    Processed with DPP 4 and PSCC 2020 ; slightly cropped and levelled for comp

    Thanks for looking and commenting to my previous posting

    Cheers Andreas

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    Beautiful male lion Andreas, love the pose and framing here but the light just makes this image for me!

    Well exposed and techs are spot on, ETTR always a good ideaI especially like the way you brought out the subject against the background, good thinking on aperture too.

    The tree is a nice touch, gives context and balances the frame so well. So yes I like this, very much - thank you for sharing Boetie. A pity you could not spend more time with him - he is no longer a youngster, but absolutely gorgeous.

    Hope you have a lovely week-end, and chat soon!

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    Gabriela Plesea

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    Hi Andreas, a gorgeous frame in some awesome light, it just makes the whole image. Having the head partially in shade works otherwise the HL's may have been a bit too much to retain? A lovely specimen with good detail, form and structure. Hope you didn't loose too much in the levelling rotation, but with the current PS that should be a thing of the past.

    Might loose that red HL between the two tree trunks.

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    Thanks Gabriela and Steve for your kind comments , much appreciated .

    Steve - i have not lost much due to levelling and i know what you mean with the red HL , was thinking of it ... but then decided to leave it .

    Cheers Andreas

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    Hi Andreas -- I am loving this one a lot. Beautiful light and settings , lovely details , fine field work and PP as always. Such a fine image this is. This works for me in all departments .

    TFS !

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    I appreciate that some work will have gone into the production of this image. Tones and colours are delightful as of course is the subject - my favourite - nothing beets a "good lion"!. Having eulogised I do indeed like the image but my immediate reaction was that I was torn over the size of the subject. He is there in his surroundings - good but I feel this style of image needs to be taken with a wide angle lens. Much easier said than done. I really like the image I think it is a fine image but it leaves me wanting.

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    Thanks Haseeb and Jon for your kind comments ....

    Jon .... your comment is a good one , regarding the use of wide angle . Well could be possible , but i actually prefer the long lens version

    Cheers Andreas

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    Sweet light here. Nice framing as well. Interesting setting with all those little rocks scattered about.

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