Great image ,love the composition has lots of potential... would try and tone down the whites a little. With some PP work could make the sky very dramatic , couple of dust bunnies need cloning out...
Hi Harshad, I like this image but feel there is a bit too much room at the top.
Here is a repost with some levels, brightness and S/H adjustments as well as cropping off the top. Would love to hear what you and others think.
I definitely like Ofer's version as he has tone down highlights and prefer the slighty darker colour. I like the opening version as well as you included more sky. Superb Stuff Harshad
Nice little composition. The look towards the left (as viewed) along with the lifted tuft of tail provide nice bookend lines for the lioness for me. Prefer the softer look of the clouds in your OP but also like Ofer's darkened lioness.
wonderful setting here Bhai, with light and subjects to die for
I like Ofer's treatment of the highlights, but prefer your OP crop...and agree with Peter that the clouds could be magic with some TLC. I also see the dust spots...
Here is a repost, but obviously working on the clouds is limited to the data contained in the small JPG
1. Highlights toned down with highlights selection layer set to multiply and opacity set to 40%
2. Selected largest portion of the sky/clouds and performed 2 runs of LCE on it (unsharp mask at 20%, 50px)
What do you think?
Last edited by Morkel Erasmus; 06-12-2011 at 01:40 PM.
I like this capture very much and Morkel's repost works best for me. I agree on the interest of the clouds. I think the raised tail on the lion really helps balance out this image.
I like the comp, crop and colors in the of the lions in the original post, there color is spot on. But I like the colors of the rest in Morkel's repost, but the Lions themselves are too orange in that one...So to find the balance between the two
Hi Harshad , nice composition and a great subject. I prefer your original crop and also the colour of the lions looks better to me. Agree with a little PP work on the clouds. TFS.
The light is simply orgasmic, Bhai, and combined with terrific contrast due to an overcast sky and the most delightful cub in the frame, you've managed to throw a treat to the eyes here. My concern of excessive brightness, to the extent of some parts of the belly of the lioness blowing out, has been addressed by the re-posts and I like Ofer's version especially (Morkel's version looks perhaps a bit too red for my taste), and you should be able to further better this by working on the raw image. Thank you for sharing this.