Looking into the future

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

A lion cub from my Mara trip in 2019. he cubs were so relaxed and playful knowing their mother and pride was around so no threat from anyone.
Hope this ones better than my last post.
1DX II
500 II
1/400
f/6.3
ISO 3200

[Jonathan Ashton]

A really cute image. I like as presented but I get the impression the blacks are just clipped. I downloaded and converted to smart object and then I selectively adjusted the blacks - the eye comes alive! I also selectively adjusted the background to make it just a little softer.... I think it helped.

[Gabriela Plesea]

Little bundle of fur, he is cute indeed, what lovely pose!

I agree with Jon above, black slightly clipped but I am sure you can recover detail. Better than your last post indeed, some loss of detail and IQ but not as much, SS is the culprit.

Head angle looks good and it's nice that we can see both eyes, love the mouth slightly open. Very sweet little chap thank you so much for sharing Sanjeev.

Kind regards,

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Sanjeev ... cute , as these little ones always are . so it does work well on that front . would be good if you have a bit more on the bottom of the frame .
if this would be mine .... check my rp .

not sure why Jon wants to make the bg even smoother , to me it is very smooth already .

tfs A

[Gabriela Plesea]

Here is another version, tried to add more emphasis to the eyes and get more detail in the nose and mouth. I also reduced contrast a bit.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Thank Jon, Andreas and Gabriela. Both the RP's are great. It has opened up more detail and the blacks issue has been fixed.