Another B&W from the Maasai Mara last December. Bila Shaka pride. Despite all his spraying and shouting, the female was very much in charge of proceedings.
Sony A700 70-400G @300mm f/5.6 1/320s ISO 640
I cropped the top and right of this to cut out the background and position the male where I wanted him. The background was bushes and distracting, even though I had them OOF. I converted to B&W because I want to put all the attention on the lions, and I used selective darkening and (a very little) lightening for the same reason. Cloned out a few flies as they were OOF, but left a few because I don't think complete sanitisation benefits the pic. I did a conversion with heavier contrast too, but I think it is too comic-book like.
Edit: Changed to a larger image.








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