Future Queen ofthe Kopje

Nice work Margaret.

As you mentioned, the pose is wonderful.
The overcast sky makes for some nice detail in the fur and the rock and I think you made the best of the possibility. On that note, good job avoiding blowing the clouds.
Regarding the crop, I think I would have added a little on the (viewers) left and removed on the right if possible. (Might be too usual though). A tiny bit of more space at the bottom, below the right back paw would make me feel better - I am slightly worried your little queen will slip and fall out of the frame

Thanks for sharing
/Johan

Hi, Johan. I didn't even look at the foot, but I think you're right. I have several in the series with more space at the bottom. Good reminder.

Margaret, I don't mean to echo to much here, but I also find this a bit too centered for my taste and wish for more room on the bottom. The techs look great! Just issues with the comp for me.

Cool to find a lion cub on a koppie like that, definitely an opportunity hard to pass on, even in not so favorable light conditions. Johan gave you some excellent critique which I do not need to repeat. All I would like to add is that to me ist seems the image needs a slight CW rotation correction, judging by the seepage marks on the rock face.

Hi Margarent,

First off - very nice shot. My thoughts on the shot are similar to what others have said - the tightness of the foot to the bottom of the frame is the first thing I noticed. In terms of moving the subject a little more off-centre - while I agree with doing this, I really think you accomplish this with only a very slight sliver off the right side (and addition - if you have it - on the left side of the frame). In other words, I'd personally go very conservatively on moving the position of the lion in the frame (to me the issue here is the amount of rock vs background cloud - it is SO close to being perfect already and this ratio IS important to the final image).

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad

I really like this, a lot. My only nit is as mentioned by Vincent, that the lines on the rock suggest a need for rotation.

Wonderful pose for sure and the rock is a great perch. One thing I noticed was that the outline of the rock cliff falls directly behind the lion. I'm thinking that if you were positioned three steps to the left or right it would have resolved this compositional issue, at least I feel it's an "issue". Nice dynamic sky background by the way.

I just love lions on kopjes and this one is no different. However, I would like to echo the sentiments of others about a little more room at the bottom and a slight change in composition to make the lion a little less centred.