Marc, I'm a bit ambivalent looking at this image, at least at first viewing. I really love the intent look on the lion, I like the feeling of him moving through the grass and agree that the light enhances the photograph. I'm just not so sure about all the oof grasses covering the face, although I can see how it gives more of the feeling of him being in the grass, I just don't know. Having said that, I really like the quality of the image but I'll have to come back and look at it again to decide on that grass. :o
Thanks Hilary, know what you mean.
I guess I was trying to convey him slinking through the tall stuff. When I first viewed the RAW file it looked like a fog haze, it came up quite well in ACR 6.2.
Hi Marc,
I think if you show only the head and the mane, then the image would be stronger. Wish you had the eye a bit clearer and some more space at the bottom.
Hi Marc, I'm sort of on the fence about this image too. I think to have really pulled it off you needed a lower perspective which I know probably wasn't possible from the vehicle. I think because you are shooting down on him, you lose the slinking feeling. Sabyasachi's suggested crop might work though.
It's nice to see someone embracing an apparently very unpromising situation like this. My first reaction was "huh?" but I see what you saw in it now. I agree with above - this intention may become clearer to me if cropped at least top and right. Very interesting idea and lovely colours.