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    Default Surveying lunch. (my 1000th post)

    The DOF was intentional as I wanted to show the perspective from the Lion's point of view.
    Unfortunately as hungry as the female was, this male only had one thing on his mind and wouldn't leave her sight.
    It had been their 6th day of lovin' :D

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    Last edited by Marc Mol; 02-02-2010 at 08:43 PM.


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    Congrats on the 1000th post! That is some achievement! About the image: this surely must have been the last day of their lovemaking. 6 days is at least one day too long! They usually mate once in 15-20 minutes for about 3-5 days, don't they?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ajit Huilgol View Post
    Congrats on the 1000th post! That is some achievement! About the image: this surely must have been the last day of their lovemaking. 6 days is at least one day too long! They usually mate once in 15-20 minutes for about 3-5 days, don't they?
    Correct Ajit

    We had heard that they made a kill that evening in an area we had no access to.:(


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    Marc, congrats on your milstone. I like what you have done here, shows the perspective nicely. Interesting how the colour of the grass changes nearer the zebbies.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stuart Bowie View Post
    Marc, congrats on your milstone. I like what you have done here, shows the perspective nicely. Interesting how the colour of the grass changes nearer the zebbies.
    Thanks Stuart
    They were feeding on the edge of a marshy channel that ran through there.


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    Marc,
    Congratulations on the 1000th.

    Interesting perspective. May be slightly less space at the bottom and more at the top would have been even better. Thanks for sharing.

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    Congratulations on 1000 Mark! Very interesting perspective, it would never have crossed my mind to do that.

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    Congrats on your milestone Marc. Brilliant achievement. (I normally black out after 6 days of that, :D, so good to see them "up for it"). Good to see a different approach. Sabyasachi has a good crop suggestion. Nice one.

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    Mazel tov on the 1K posts and thanks. I applaud you for taking a risk but for me, the image fails; there are a variety of problems. Most importantly, I believe that you could have focused on the lions because they are the story. In addition, they are larger. Even with the focus on the zebras they do not stand out from the environment... The weathered branches near the lions are distracting, especially the one on our right that is hot. The light angle, from the high left, is well less than ideal.

    After locking focus on the male lion I would have zoomed wider so that the tops of the trees were included.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Morris View Post
    Mazel tov on the 1K posts and thanks. I applaud you for taking a risk but for me, the image fails; there are a variety of problems. Most importantly, I believe that you could have focused on the lions because they are the story. In addition, they are larger. Even with the focus on the zebras they do not stand out from the environment... The weathered branches near the lions are distracting, especially the one on our right that is hot. The light angle, from the high left, is well less than ideal.

    After locking focus on the male lion I would have zoomed wider so that the tops of the trees were included.
    Thanks for the reply Artie

    Yes agreed, the light was harsh taken at 12.13pm.
    So here is something I prepared earlier with opposite focal attention.;)



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    Thanks a ton Mark. I like the repost way, way better as it addresses all of my major concerns. The big problems here are centered around the two lions: too much clutter, strong sidelight with deep shadows, those same big branches (that look as if they have been darkened too much), and some of the o-o-f stalks with grass seeds in the right foreground.
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    Marc,

    I had originally not wanted to comment as I did not like the image, like Art I thought it was the "wrong way round". The shift of emphasis in the repost works much better.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ken Watkins View Post
    Marc,

    I had originally not wanted to comment as I did not like the image, like Art I thought it was the "wrong way round". The shift of emphasis in the repost works much better.
    Thanks Ken

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