Gallery: WildlifePosted December 10, 2013138 views8 comments
A nice young Male approached us at a nice angle in Kwara Reserve, Botswana
EOS 1DX
500mm F4 MkII
F5.6
ISO 400
1/3200
It was the rainy season hence the lush green in the background
Comments
8 comments
Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on December 10, 2013 at 3:13 PM
Pops nicely from the vibrant green grass.
I would have liked to see this framed vertically - you could still crop it that way but ideally a little more on top and bottom would then have been nice to have.
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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on December 10, 2013 at 10:00 PM
Another exemplary photo Ken, wonderful detail and expression.
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Comment posted by Peter Cross on December 10, 2013 at 10:44 PM
This is a wonderful shot of this lion. You snapped this at a nice moment and got a keeper. He certainly exudes the impression of being an in charge guy. The greens of the veg make a nice BG for the gold/tan of his coat. And the butterfly makes for a nice little plus to the comp. Nice.
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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on December 11, 2013 at 12:12 AM
Thanks everybody for your comments which are much appreciated.
Morkel,
The crop was for me dictated by the direction of movement of the Lion, I wanted plenty of look into space
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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on December 12, 2013 at 2:54 PM
Great perspective. I hadn't really looked at the butterfly until mentioned by Peter. I felt the overall orientation was fine...but given the butterfly, it occurs to me that if this was cropped vertical with space on the right (and some clockwise rotation to take away the left lean) it would emphasize the butterfly for a completely different feeling. I think that is worth the experiment!
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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on December 13, 2013 at 12:48 AM
Following the suggestions of Lon and Morkel, I have done yet another version, my original was vertical, but I changed it for posting
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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on December 13, 2013 at 11:00 AM
Gotta say I would go with the repost!
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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on December 13, 2013 at 11:40 PM
Lon,
I am inclined to agree
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8 commentsI would have liked to see this framed vertically - you could still crop it that way but ideally a little more on top and bottom would then have been nice to have.
Morkel,
The crop was for me dictated by the direction of movement of the Lion, I wanted plenty of look into space
I am inclined to agree