Taken at Kij Kij waterhole in the KTP. One of my favourite places in the world. On this trip absentmindedly shot many images as Jpegs before i realized and changed to RAW. This was taken as a JPEG
Splendid Kalahari lion, what a treat to get and in beautiful light as well! I would consider removing the grass stem and OOF vegetation behind the back leg. Lovely intense expression.
Lovely light Basil and nice POV as well. A very handsome looking Lion indeed.
I think increasing the exp or opening up the mid tones will bring out those finer details as well reducing the reds slightly. The image appears slightly dark for my taste.
I recognise this old boy, might have some images of him myself.
Lovely light and stride here, Basil. Miss that place! We've all done the "accidental jpg" before...
Hi Basil, a lovely looking Lion in some great light, like the outstretched front leg.
Agree with Haseeb, the image does appear dark and if you use the current LR then be aware it does add (behind the scenes) more Contrast. As presented I don't think shooting JPERG has hurt the capture, all it has does is limited how much you can process. Saying that, the current JPEG from the EOS R are so close to the Raw, I think you would be hard pushed to not use the JPEG.
I think controlling some of the Contrast, opening up the Exp less than a third, it provides a bit more separation between subject & BKG and perhaps if acceptable, cleaning up a few highlights and or some small bits of debris, it will elevate the OP.
I like a lot the light.
I think to have found him two week ago with another male.
They had a collab but if wait to take the shoot is possible no see it !