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    Where's the BBQ sauce? I could almost hear one of these subadults say!
    As they chowed down on one of their favourite meals....Gnu ribs.
    Would have preferred not to cut off the ears of course.

    D3s 500VR + 1.4tc 1/320s ISO800@f/6.3 Masai Mara, Oct 2010.

    C & C most welcome

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    Great sighting and lovely image, nit of the cut off ears mentioned and i find the 2 lions a little over sharpened, otherwise well done

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    May be more tight , nevertheless I woild love to have this in my files
    TFS

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    Marc - nicely done. I think to avoid the issue of the clipped ears I would crop down from the top even lower, maybe to the bottom of the ear. The strength here for me are the eye and the tongues.

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    This speaks volumes...the watchful eye, the red on the tongues and the ribs and the OOF lion lurking in the back. You captured an intense moment very well with lots of details and emotion.

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    Nice capture here Marc...ditto the ears but would love this...why did you not take off the TC??
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    Marc, for a crop, just enough to remove the BG on the left lion but leave the ear of the BG lion intact.

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    Chopped ears.
    Of course there's nothing like the image quality of a prime lens. But a big reason I like using a zoom is that I back off of the framing some and then later crop to "taste" (speaking of ribs). Trade that 500 in for the 200-400
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    Appreciate the comments everyone.

    Quote Originally Posted by Tom Graham View Post
    Chopped ears.
    Of course there's nothing like the image quality of a prime lens. But a big reason I like using a zoom is that I back off of the framing some and then later crop to "taste" (speaking of ribs). Trade that 500 in for the 200-400
    Tom
    Been there......done that with the 200-400 Tom, (sold it and upgraded to the 500VR)we've had this discussion on another forum some years ago.
    I have my D700/70-200 to cover the lesser range and have found that far more useful (for me) than the 200-400 (VR series I) for my FF cameras. Was never quite happy with the 200-400 at distances over 50 M+
    I do get caught out with cropped ears every now and then of course.


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    Hi Marc, I like it as presented, my only addition would be the addition o a little highlight/Shadow just to open up the image a fraction more so the finer detail comes through and it;s a little less contrasty. You might also wish to look at the RH lioness as the whites near the corner of the mouth look blown.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Kaluski View Post
    You might also wish to look at the RH lioness as the whites near the corner of the mouth look blown.

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    Yep, thanks Steve, I did notice this also and should have mentioned it.


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    No worries Marc, I knew you knew, hope you can retrieve the detail.
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