Lion Scrap 2

Gallery: WildlifePosted May 19, 2014279 views13 comments

This is another shot from my Lion fight sighting in Hwange National Park. By this time they had moved to the right away from the majority of "poor" background, but they were also farther away.Being a complete idiot I forgot to zoom in

EOS 1DX
200-400 mm F4 with 1.4 EX at 280 mm
F6.3
ISO 800
1/800
Getting used to a zoom after years of primes is proving difficult

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Jerry Austin on May 19, 2014 at 8:40 AM

Ah, the zoom feature. I too sometimes forget that I can zoom when using my 200-400. Must be all that conditioning with the 500mm. In actuality, you couldn't have zoomed in very much and still have both lions in frame with sufficient space on the edges. I think it is a great shot. Well done.

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on May 19, 2014 at 3:09 PM

Great poses and action, Ken! I agree with Jerry, quite like it as framed - but have you cropped this as posted?

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Comment posted by Ajit Huilgol on May 19, 2014 at 10:09 PM

This is a much better action shot, Ken. You can see both lions' faces, and there is no termite mound in the bg to distract viewers. My only wish is that a tighter crop would emphasise the action even better, and if this were mine, I would even remove the fallen tree stump and the elephant dung. How about it?

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on May 21, 2014 at 9:15 AM

Hi Ken,

I prefer this shot to your previous lion fighting post. Yes, could be cropped/zoomed in a little more, but if this is full-frame you have sufficient pixels to allow a tighter crop and still have a very "usable" image.

Cheers...

Brad

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on May 21, 2014 at 10:59 AM

Morkel and Brad,
Not at home at the moment but I would estimate the crop at around 50%

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on May 23, 2014 at 8:51 PM

Super action Ken, a pity you didn't zoom in more.

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Comment posted by Richard Olsen on May 25, 2014 at 7:56 AM

Great action with lots of emotion!

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on May 30, 2014 at 9:19 AM

Congrats Ken, love the fierce 'face to face' interaction!

Have a great weekend

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Comment posted by William Bickle on May 30, 2014 at 12:28 PM

Hello Ken

CONGRATs on the Weekly!

Bill

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Comment posted by Ajit Huilgol on May 31, 2014 at 6:21 AM

Congrats on the EPW, Ken!

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on June 1, 2014 at 1:26 AM

Fantastic shot, Ken! Dramatic and suspenseful just bursts out at the viewer. Easy to forgive the "mistake" of forgetting to zoom: it's great as is, and besides you were probably frying your brains with adrenalin.

Congrats on the Pick for this image!

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on June 3, 2014 at 12:40 PM

Just had these "published" here is a link

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2640675/Battle-pride-Two-fearsome-lions-fight-pack-supremacy-claw-eyes.html

Strangely they did not use this one

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on June 4, 2014 at 2:12 PM

Your usual outstanding action image Ken,
This one is very powerful,
Congratulations on the WP . . .

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