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Outstanding!
I love everything about this and great to see you pushing ISO too.
TFS
Steve
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Stunning portrait, love the details and the perfect colours! Clean BG and soft light. I love it! T F S.
Cheers
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Super subject = my favourite animal since childhood! Details and colours look very impressive, the cropped body looks excellent.
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Hi little sister
Lovely portrait with a soooo pleasing BG .
This chap posed nicely for you and you took the chance to get the shot .
All works for me in terms of technical stuff and processing ... i do see some potential for slight tonal adjustments in the subject , but this is just more a thing of playing rather than improving .
If you have a tiny bit more space on top of the frame would not hurt , in my eyes .
Enjoyed viewing
TFS Andreas
PS ... Iso 4000 , well is it not somehow a normal value in todays world ??? Specially with the D5 or 1Dx II and upward !!!
As if well exposed , NR is not even necessary ...IMHO .
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Gorgeous frame, what a handsome chap.
You have done a superb job here , loved it all the way.
TFS !
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Dear Friends, your comments are very kind, much appreciated.
Steve, you were absolutely right about ETTR, glad you reminded me before I left for Kruger. I watched that histogram religiously. Thank you for all the advice and help, just priceless
Sanjeev and Andreas, I was really lucky here in terms of BG. Especially since I struggled throughout the entire trip, shooting just about every subject between sticks and shrubs and stones! This male walked towards the vehicle, settled in a nice little clearing only metres away and started roaring
Unfortunately no more at the top, but I can add
Jon, the Lion is my favourite too Up to this day, if someone asks me why I came to Africa I say it's because of the lions. But maybe that's not the whole truth...Should say it's because of the lions, leopards, hyenas, wild dogs, cheetahs, rhinos, eles, the list is endless...
Kind regards,
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Beautiful frame of this lion. What's not to like here. If i had one nit it would be for a touch more above. Cool you got to hear him roar.
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Story Sequences Moderator and Wildlife Moderator
Steve, so glad you mentioned Andre tonight - I am forever grateful to him, for he placed the first camera in my hands in 2009 and taught me how to use it
A few years later (2012) we met an amazing man by the name of Allan Booysen who became a close friend. Allan taught us the importance of light in photography. I still remember sitting in our vehicles at a lion kill in the Kalahari: Andre and I were shooting the most exciting scenes with members of the pride dragging the carcass of an eland and fighting over it...but in deep shade! Allan was aiming his camera at a lazy lioness few metres away and made sure light was behind him...When he showed us his images over a glass of wine that evening we were blown away: they were absolutely stunning and detail was awesome. That moment was such an eye opener for me, having realised that often it's not what one photographs... but how one does it
In 2013 we joined BPN and you started guiding us both, from day one, not only in terms of processing but also work in the field. A huge learning curve as I battled with SS, then DoF, awkward compositions, all kinds of things. Still learning
Sadly, Andre left this world in 2016, his images and conversations with you and BPN members a wonderful reminder of his enthusiasm, love and respect for wildlife and desire to learn. I still have this exercise book he left behind, and it has only two chapters: "Steve" and "Andreas". Everything you two shared with him is in there...
Well that's all from me for tonight, and I hope you have a wonderful week-end, Steve. Our pride is out there and I am sure a glass of Pinotage will help you find it
Warmest regards,
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This is a beautiful portrait.
IQ rocks. Great BG and perfect head turn.
Absolutely no nits from me except I wish my name was on it!
Gail
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Wildlife Moderator
Great to see you venturing into Wildlife Gail, come on, you must have some little treasures/gems you can share with us.
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Simply...'Probably one of the best Lion Portraits I have seen on here'.
Congrats
Will
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Story Sequences Moderator and Wildlife Moderator
Thank you so much Gail and William, glad you popped in here, much appreciated