(W-repost) Watching the hunt

Gallery: WildlifePosted November 17, 2011283 views17 comments

Once the females of the pride started hunting, this male kept watching them keenly.
Thank you so much for your kind attention & views !
Canon 7D; 500mm; ISO 500; 1/640 sec. at F 6.3
Jagdeep Rajput

Comments

17 comments

Comment posted by Jim Hackley on November 17, 2011 at 12:08 PM

Very nice close up with good detail on the larger version, looks like this guy has been is a few scuffles. Well done.

Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments

Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on November 17, 2011 at 1:22 PM

A solid portrait of this impressive guy Jagdeep. The light is perfect and the detail superb. I like the grasses and feel they add to the image, except for the ones protruding from behind its big head, those really lead my eyes away from the lion.

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

Comment posted by Richard Teller on November 17, 2011 at 3:04 PM

Great portrait. The color, the snarl, and the eye contact really make the image.

Registered on August 23, 2010, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments

Comment posted by Ray Whitt on November 17, 2011 at 7:15 PM

Wonderful portrait, that is a great snarl!

Ray

Registered on May 27, 2011, 92 Posts, 2619 Comments

Comment posted by Anand Narayanan on November 17, 2011 at 9:34 PM

Awesome portrait ! Love the grass tips flowing across the frame

Registered on October 25, 2009, 110 Posts, 835 Comments

Comment posted by Guy Runco on November 17, 2011 at 9:55 PM

Really nice portrait, the snarl is great and the fg grasses fit well.

Registered on September 9, 2008, 77 Posts, 705 Comments

Comment posted by Ajit Huilgol on November 17, 2011 at 9:58 PM

He's got a great expression, and you have captured it marvellously, Jagdeep. However, just like with the others, the grass in front of his face is not distracting, but those 'growing' out of his head, are.

Registered on December 19, 2008, 302 Posts, 2055 Comments

Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on November 18, 2011 at 11:22 AM

Thanks friends ! This was shot in the morning.
Here's the repost sans the grasses at the back.

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

Comment posted by Oscar Benavides on November 18, 2011 at 12:34 PM

I prefer the repost without the grasses on the left top. IMHO the best of this portrait is the light in the eyes. Nice image.
Oscar

Registered on January 2, 2011, 12 Posts, 141 Comments

Comment posted by Stan Rose on November 18, 2011 at 6:11 PM

Looks good, Jagdeep, you managed to keep the grasses from blocking the important spots (like the eyes). Quite an odd portrait!

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Comment posted by Ajit Huilgol on November 18, 2011 at 9:54 PM

Now it looks just superb!

Registered on December 19, 2008, 302 Posts, 2055 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Watkins on November 20, 2011 at 9:43 AM

Jagdeep,

What a magnificent specimen, great detail, repost without rear grass is an improvement on an allready beautiful image

Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments

Comment posted by Ingrid Vekemans on November 20, 2011 at 10:38 AM

Fantastic shot, Jagdeep, good detail, beautiful pose...and the soft light makes for no hard shadows...great shot!

Registered on August 2, 2010, 138 Posts, 780 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on November 20, 2011 at 11:35 AM

Excellent. Heck, I would even like some grasses crossing in the upper right! This is fine as posted!

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Comment posted by Dan Walters on November 20, 2011 at 9:45 PM

Nice detail . Really like the open mouth and the grasses around the head. Nice eyes as well.

Registered on October 30, 2005, 405 Posts, 3693 Comments

Comment posted by kiran khanzode on November 20, 2011 at 10:21 PM

Beautiful light, comp.

Framing by the grasses is great.

Registered on February 21, 2009, 83 Posts, 428 Comments

Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on November 22, 2011 at 11:16 PM

Wow! Great visual impact Jagdeep, beautiful lighting too! The subject is so wonderful I don't really mind the grass behind it's head in the original, although if this were mine I too would likely have removed them ;^)

Registered on March 1, 2011, 154 Posts, 2083 Comments