Lioness

Gallery: WildlifePosted April 10, 201561 views4 comments

This young lady was out hunting with her sister, but as somewhat crippled by what I presume to have been a thon in her foot.

Here she rests with a river bank in the background.

Taken in Kidepo Valley National Park, Uganda

EOS 1DX

200-400 mm F4 at 311mm

ISO 400

1/200

EV -0.33

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Jerry Austin on April 10, 2015 at 10:46 AM

Man, she really stands out from the background. I do long for a better angle to see her eyes more clearly. Nice capture.

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Comment posted by John Launstein on April 10, 2015 at 7:17 PM

Beauty, Ken! Love the tones here and the techs are wonderful...she certainly pops from the background! Looks like you did a great job of handling some less-than-ideal light maybe. I agree a little with Jerry re a better look at her eye...I am wondering if you could maybe brighten or dodge that a touch to make it more apparent, while keeping it natural and faithful to what our eyes would have seen in the setting.

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Comment posted by Mario Moreno on April 11, 2015 at 2:15 PM

The BG is wonderful Ken . . . I only wish we had more eye contact with this lioness

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on April 12, 2015 at 11:07 AM

I like the low side lighting and muted background. You didn't offer to remove the thorn?????? sad

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