the sight -with repost

Gallery: WildlifePosted March 2, 2010170 views10 comments

Savute, Botswana. one male and two females were resting under the shade of a mopane.
I like the symmetry and the fixed sight that still caused a shiver along my spine.

I tried different cuts,but to me this is the better way to represent it.

D2Xs - 70-300 @200 f 4,8 -1/400 iso 200 PP in camera raw-0.35ev light,contrast,saturation tuned in CS3

C&C welcome

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on March 2, 2010 at 5:31 PM

Very nice portrait. Perfect symetry.

D&L

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Comment posted by Dan Moore on March 2, 2010 at 7:01 PM

Love the Warrior look!!

Dan

Registered on February 11, 2010, 143 Posts, 1248 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Archer on March 2, 2010 at 8:33 PM

Considering the lens you were using, I'm thinking he was thinking about lunch. What a great face on this lion! Sweet photo Luca!!!

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on March 2, 2010 at 11:33 PM

This is a very intense portrait Luca and besides those scary eyes it is the symmetry that helps to make it a strong image. Did you try a B&W conversion with more contrast? I suspect that could work well on this image. I do notice that in the larger version the image looks a bit soft. This could be due to your crop (you did not mention how big a crop this is). in any case it will benefit from another round of sharpening IMO.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on March 2, 2010 at 11:56 PM

Luca:
Love the intense look and symmetry. Well done

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Comment posted by Jorne de Bruin on March 3, 2010 at 6:30 AM

Luca, great portrait and love the intesne stare, I can totally imagine this causing a shiver down your spine. I do agree with Vincent that this might be a prime candidate for b&w with some more contrast. Thanks for sharing!

Registered on June 26, 2008, 178 Posts, 2136 Comments

Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on March 3, 2010 at 8:56 AM

When I saw the picture, just thought that eyes were looking lazy and then read your commentry. The tight close up sits pretty in the frame. I too find the larger version bit soft.
Jagdeep Rajput

Registered on April 29, 2008, 686 Posts, 2857 Comments

Comment posted by Brad Hill on March 3, 2010 at 9:30 AM

Hi Luca,

Very, very intense - it's exceptionally easy to see why you had a shiver along your spine! Those scars all over the face tell a story (or many stories!).

I like this shot as posted, but have two minor suggestions. First, on my monitor (calibrated) the image looks slightly too cool - I think bumping the warmness a little would benefit the image. Second, I find the white hairs of the chin [i]slightly;/i] too close to the bottom of the frame - if the image were mine (and if there's room below), I would add a little more space on the bottom (but very little).

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on March 3, 2010 at 11:24 AM

I like the symetry here. This is a strong portrait. I think this would work well in b/w. The image looks a bit soft to me.

Registered on January 29, 2010, 285 Posts, 4281 Comments

Comment posted by Luca Mussato on March 3, 2010 at 3:42 PM

Thank you for the feedbacks.
@Vincent:this is about 66%of the original.
@Vincent/Jorne/R.Bill:yes I've thought to a B/W conversion but up till now my tries didn't satisfy me.
@Brad: indeed yo have reason about the white hairs to be too tight to the frame but i had to cut out a branch and this is the maximum achievable.By the way I push both sharpening and saturation a little bit.

Registered on November 14, 2006, 118 Posts, 855 Comments