Lionwalk

[Lorant Voros]

This one is from Etosha too. One day we saw several lions walking across the land towards the road. I speeded up and got to make some head on shots before they crossed the road.
Since I am still on my laptop I don't know if I did a good PP job on this one. I lightened up the face a bit on the dark side. CC welcome.

1DMKIII
500mm +1.4TC
ISO400
f:8
1/1600
Handheld from the car

[Harshad Barve]

Nice walking pose and killer BG
TFS

[Marc Mol]

Head on images of walking Lions make for interesting subjects, but felt the BG lighting a little harsh here Lorant.
I took the liberty of a repost here (hope you don't mind) using Robert A's luminosity mask in CS5 with the opacity @ 60% with the idea of toning down that BG and adding a bit of punch to the image overall. Also increased the light in the eyes a tad.
Let me know what you think?

[Rachel Hollander]

Lorant - I like the pose here with the raised paw, the head on look and the curve of the tail visible.

TFS,
Rachel

[DanWalters]

Really like the surrounding grass and the clean background.

[Lorant Voros]

Head on images of walking Lions make for interesting subjects, but felt the BG lighting a little harsh here Lorant.
I took the liberty of a repost here (hope you don't mind) using Robert A's luminosity mask in CS5 with the opacity @ 60% with the idea of toning down that BG and adding a bit of punch to the image overall. Also increased the light in the eyes a tad.
Let me know what you think?

I don't mind it at all and I like your repost very much. Thank you for your effort.

Lorant