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Gallery: WildlifePosted January 20, 2011173 views6 comments

We caught this beauty in the western corridor of the Serengheti; we were the only ones around and he was kind enough to give us a photo op. It's more of a "calendar" type picture, but we like it.

C&C appreciated.

30D
5.6
iso100
100-400@370

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Dan Harbour on January 20, 2011 at 11:25 AM

Beautiful capture of the coat/fur. Nice head turn. Great pose on the downed log. Magnificent subject. Excellent photo.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on January 20, 2011 at 12:09 PM

Beautiful pose and rich background colors. Congrats for that special experience! Did you apply selective brightness/shadow adjustments? It seems to me the cat is a touch too much brighter than the background. I think I would try to saturate him more, with more mid-tone contrast or/and lower brightness very, very slightly. Again, excellent capture.

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

Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on January 20, 2011 at 11:41 PM

I like this too Lisa, that pose with her looking back at you is very compelling. Also the fact that the cat is unobstructed helps a lot to make it stand out and makes up for the lack of BG separation. I would suggest to darken the entire image down a tad, this will make the BG relatively darker then the cat and give a more pleasing look IMO (I tried it in PS) Thanks for sharing this beauty.

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Comment posted by Steve Canuel on January 21, 2011 at 12:11 AM

Good suggestions by Lon and Vincent. I like the look back pose and the foot placed against the branch.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on January 21, 2011 at 12:23 PM

I would love to see a repost following Vincent's sensible and easy fix!

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on January 22, 2011 at 9:05 AM

I agree with the suggestions here. I suspect you used flash here, which is not always a great idea on mammals.
Jagdeep Rajput

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