Hide and Seek Lion Style

Gallery: WildlifePosted August 10, 2013284 views6 comments

Another one for international lion day. While our two love birds were off doing their thing, the rest of the pride was busy caring for the three six month old cubs they had. This little one was practicing ambush tactics on one of his/her siblings.

In the name of full disclosure, I cloned out an unsightly elephant dropping that was in the foreground. Suggestions always appreciated....thanks!

Canon EOS 6D
Canon 100-400 @ 400
F 7.1, 1/1,250 sec, ISO 500
Appx 60% crop

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Gary Gulash on August 11, 2013 at 12:45 AM

I'm envious, this must have been so much fun to watch. You captured some interesting and cute behaviour very well. I wouldn't likely crop this particular photo any more than you have, but a longer lens to concentrate on just the body and some of the log he's hiding behind might make this even stronger. That would solve the elephant dropping problem too.

Registered on January 28, 2005, 879 Posts, 12098 Comments

Comment posted by Stephen Kaluski on August 11, 2013 at 3:57 AM

Hi Joseph, if this was FF then a nice 16 x9 crop I think could have also been another option. This would cut out a lot of the busy FG, placed the cub more to the RHS and still retained the engaging look. As this is approx 60% crop then going even more into the image will certainly loose you IQ, clarity & sharpness sadly. I think you could have also afforded to drop the ISO to 400 based on the SS, it's good to keep the SS high, but also to keeping the ISO low when you can too, a balancing act.

TFS
Steve

Registered on March 25, 2007, 189 Posts, 1064 Comments

Comment posted by Jorne de Bruin on August 11, 2013 at 9:36 AM

Very fine pose you've captured. The other made some suggestions i agree with so I won't repeat those. Lovely image!

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

Comment posted by Ken Watkins on August 11, 2013 at 9:36 AM

Joe,

Always plenty of ET's in Africa

Always nice to see someone being adventurous in their travels rather than the same old places.

Nice pose from the cub, I might consider taking a little from the bottom

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

Comment posted by Joe James on August 11, 2013 at 11:21 AM

Thanks folks! As Steve mentioned, it's already cropped in quite a bit already so cropping more just causes the IQ to go downhill fast. If only Canon would drop the price of that 600mm cannon down to something that wouldn't cost me my arm (the other gear has already cost a leg).

Registered on November 20, 2009, 89 Posts, 808 Comments

Comment posted by Stephen Kaluski on August 11, 2013 at 1:18 PM

You would be better off with the 500 unless you do birds, but the 200-400 would give you far more flexibility.

Registered on March 25, 2007, 189 Posts, 1064 Comments