Three young male Lions in Etosha Park, Namibia drinking together at sunset.
Some people will not like this crop ,but left surrounding gray dusk coloring to point toward sunset colors on the Lions. May not work ,but thought interesting. Also liked the symmetry of the 3 with the 2 end lions in same position.
I can understand your thinking on this choice of crop, however it doesn't quite work for me.
Is this FF? Do you have more room on the left? Sometimes showing even more of their environment can tell the story better.
Charles, good light and colours, and I agree, the three drinking postures work well. Comp wise, Im going with Marc, a central placement of the lions would work perfectly. Lets see how others see this. Nonetheless, a great sighting which I would love to experience.
I think this may work well with a pano crop, taking out most of the trees in the BG. Were the lions and the areas around them lightened? cant tell if it was with PP or a spotlight. If so, the rest of the surrounding rocks could be evened out to improve.
Thanks for all comments. I thought most people would like a closer crop so posted the overall image to see the response. I guess the overall image mirrors my brain image more than a close crop and thought that might be interesting.