This is one of the females I spent five glorious days with in Botswana,
(the pride consisting of two females and seven cubs, three older, four only a few months old), but all in prime condition. We had to gamble where to position the jeep as often things do not go according to plan at the best of times
. Taken towards the end of the afternoon in some nice light.
Thanks to those who viewed or posted a comment on the previous thread.
Steve
Subject: Lioness
(Panthera leo) drinking late afternoon
Location: Botswana
Camera: Canon 1DX MKII
Lens: 200-400f/4 HH
Exposure: 1/1250s at f/5.6 ISO800
(should have gone for 1/2000)
Original format: Portrait, minimal crop, almost FF
Processed via: LRCC & PSCC2017
Comments
4 commentsGreat eyes, although I'd try to brighten up her left eye a bit. Love the tongue and bit of reflection.
What an experience that must have been, to be with 9 lions for several days!
Sandy
Cheers,
Hisham.
Nice portrait...always great when they're done with the subject actually doing something. To me this one feels simply a bit too bright overall - both in the sunlit and in the shaded portions. But then again, I tend to gravitate shots with a higher degree of natural contrast in them.
I smiled when I read your comment in the techs stating "should have gone for 1/2000" - I'm left wondering why? I see no indication of camera shake or subject movement here. And even in a shot like this (i.e., without a huge dynamic range) there are other negative consequences to elevating the ISO higher than necessary to effectively capture the shot.
Cheers...
Brad
Hi Brad, I was very conscious that if that tongue was even more visible, lapping the water I wanted to ensure things were 'tack' sharp. Personally I see very little difference between 800 - 1600 ISO, but gaining a hit more SS may have been a wise move 'if' the opportunity came up.