A Survivor

[Katie Rupp]

This lioness lives in Etosha National Park/Namibia and its pretty clear she's been through some battles but looked strong and healthy when I took this photo in February. She was part of a pride with three cubs. C&C encouraged and much appreciated.

Canon 40D; Av f6.3, 1/400; Eval; ISO 800 and 100-400 @400

[Kiran Khanzode]

Peter Kes read my mind regarding the WB/color temp, this image needs some temp warming. Unique picture with those multi-colored eyes. Definitely a survivor.

[Harshad Barve]

looks in good shape , nice image and techs well covered by Peter & Kiran
TFS

[Danny Laredo]

Love the story this lioness tells. One can only imagine what she has gone through.

[David Fletcher]

Super shot Katie. Techs covered. Thanks for sharing this.

[Dan Brown]

Hi Katie! Great impact and story telling shot! I'm glad to see that you are having success with the 100-400!

[Katie Rupp]

Thank you all for your comments and suggestions, I do appreciate the feedback and I'm posting a "warmed-up" version, although as I remember our encounter, it was early morning with a white overcast, almost fog-like feeling, hence the cool look. How is this?

[Kiran Khanzode]

Your re-post does look great, but still has a blue(ish) cast.

If mine, I would prefer to view/present it like this...

Some people here might think that tweaking AWB actually alters natural history and blah blah...;-), but.....

I love the image quality from my 40D, and really like your image taken at ISO 800, so clean. Your 100-400 seems like a great copy.

[Chris Kotze]

Super capture and I like the repost by Kiran. Great detail and colours

[Dave Phillips]

I think the repost by Katie is very close to correct......only lacks a bit
of histogram spread to the right and some color boost....and very minor color correction.

This is only in my "blah blah blah" opinion of course

[DanWalters]

Great repost. Love the color and the eye contact.