2000th Post...Lioness

[Dumay de Boulle]

Canon 7D
CAnon 100-400 L IS @400mm
AV f7.1
TV 1/3200
ISO 800
AWB
RAW file processed in CS5 iMac

Thanks to all who have commented, critiqued and assisted me in my photography.. I have enjoyed every minute on BPN and love being apart of the community...Your fine images inspire me to improve at this game we all enjoy so much.

[Mark Wiseman]

Wonderful portrait. I like the stare of the lioness, the background and the detail. Good composition, maybe a little clockwise rotation will improve the lionesses stance!!! Well done.

[Chris Baker]

Well done on your milestone and another cracker. Tack sharp, techs good, agree with slight rotation. TFS

[Harshad Barve]

terrific image to celebrate your milestone Dumay , top stuff
TFS

[Robert Amoruso]

Well done all around. Perfect DOF for the subject walking at you at an angle. Unobtrusive BG and FG and great look on the face of the lion.

[Marina Scarr]

What a lovely portrait of this lioness with an awesome BG and like the touch of wildflowers. I have enjoyed your photography and huge congrats on your 2000th post as well.

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Dumay, an excellent image and a great testimony to your learning curve/skill and all the contributions from the members here on BPN in helping you along the way.

I trust you realise the bar is now raised again after 2000 postings

Big congratulations.

Steve

[Pieter de Waal]

Well done on 2,000 Dumay. Love the IQ, colour and walking pose.

[Stu Bowie]

Congrats on your milestone mate. May you share many more with us. Excellent IQ here, and the light and detail are exquisite. Great all round sharpness too, and agree, a touch of CW rotation will work.

[Mark Wiseman]

I took the liberty of completing an image with the rotation. Please ignore the space around the lioness and I hope you dont mind. I forgot to give congrats on 2000th post. Well done!!!

[Dumay de Boulle]

Thanks all for the comments and such...Mark thanks for the rework...In the scene she was actually walking up a slight slope but if you all feel it will strengthen the walk I will try it. Mark how much rotation did you do in degrees, as I fell now it feels like she is walking down hill...So I would like to try some where in between

[Mark Wiseman]

I agree Dumay, I exaggerated it a bit. All I did was go to rulers in CS5, Mark a start point and place the ruler at the end point, wherever you feel it needs to be. Go to Image then rotation and then Arbitrary and the comp will work it out for you. I used the back and the shoulders as the points, but you can do better. Nice image though and I wish I was there now for the next month to take images. You are so lucky.

[Morkel Erasmus]

Fabulous light, IQ and angle here Dumay, and big congrats on the milestone!
Looking forward to the next 2,000 and ditto Steve, the bar has been raised now

I am fine with the angle in the OP (and I am usually anal about rotations)...I guess I could see she was on an incline and the angle towards the viewer is pleasing to me.

[Marc Mol]

A fine portrait of this girl here Dumay, congrats on the 2K.
OP looked OK for me re. angle.
TFS

[DanWalters]

Very sharp image and great color. Actually like the first post. A little more room around the lion.

[Rachel Hollander]

Dumay - congrats on the milestone post and a great one it is. I like the walking pose, good dof, nice bg, sharpness, it all works for me.

TFS,
Rachel

[Dudley Watson]

Congrats Dumay Excellent image VWD

[Dumay de Boulle]

Thanks for all the comments folks

[Rudi van den Heever]

Just adding my well done Dumay! Exceptional IQ and just love the green grass!

[Hilary Hann]

Dumay, congrats on 2000 posts (and more), I've appreciated all your helpful comments on my images through those 2000. It shows just how much you have contributed to this site and how much you have been prepared to help others when you have only started 130 threads. Great %.

And I love this image, beautiful IQ … no critique from me.