Family Man + Repost

Gallery: WildlifePosted November 16, 2009213 views6 comments

We were with this small pride for about 2 hours. When, after repositioning the vehicle several times as they walked along, they came over, laid down and went to sleep in front of us.
Canon D30 17-85 1/500th @ f6.7 iso 400. jpg sRGB (before I knew better). I think this is about as good as it's going to get.

Hope you like it!

All comments greatly appreciated.
Thanks for looking
Neil

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Kathy Odiorne on November 16, 2009 at 8:00 AM

Nice family image, with "Dad" watching over things. Must have been neat to see. Great capture.
Kathy

Registered on November 1, 2003, 211 Posts, 1471 Comments

Comment posted by Brad Hill on November 16, 2009 at 9:30 AM

Hi Neil,

This is a beautiful tranquil scene that has the added benefit and interest of the nursing behaviour - very well done. Besides simply liking the scene itself, I like the implied diagonal and how the nursing female/cubs are in direct line with the stare of the male. I see (and get your point) about not being able to do much with the JPEG image - but is this shot full frame? If it is (or is close to it), about the only thing I'd suggest would be a slight crop (pretty much equally on all sides) - at least for web presentation purposes. Please note that I'm talking minor crop - maybe 10% of the image area at most...

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad

Registered on May 29, 2007, 431 Posts, 6061 Comments

Comment posted by Neil Rossmiller on November 16, 2009 at 10:11 AM

Here is the slight crop as per Brad's suggestion.
Thanks for looking!
Neil

Registered on October 30, 2009, 156 Posts, 749 Comments

Comment posted by Sally King on November 16, 2009 at 10:30 AM

Such a wonderful scene to witness and photograph. I love the nursing behavior especially that mom looks so relaxed and that one back paw of the kitten against moms front leg. Dad proud oversight just makes it better. I love both the original post and the repost. Both have excellent details.

Registered on December 2, 2008, 416 Posts, 4450 Comments

Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on November 16, 2009 at 1:59 PM

Very nice Neil, an image with a very strong image to portray 'family'. I am kind of envious I must admit. Well done. I like the crop of the repost btw.

Registered on February 24, 2006, 504 Posts, 7203 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on November 19, 2009 at 12:11 PM

Both versions are nice and I agree with Brad that the crop for web presentation is better. If printed for hanging, the first version might be best. I would be very happy with this capture!!

Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments