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Mama Says

by Ken Watkins

Gallery: WildlifePosted January 28, 201869 views4 comments
I am most certain that all of us were told as children not to forget washing behind your ears this youngster seems to have learned the lesson and applies it to his mum. Very early one morning we found tracks near a waterhole that lead us to believe that a female with cubs had visited we followed them and found Mum with 4 young cubs in a dense bush, as they were not yet with the pride we can only guess that they are at most 10 weeks old.
Taken in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe,
EOS 1DX Mk II
200-400 mm F4 with 1.4 ex at 406 mm
F 5.6
ISO 1250
1/1000

Comments

4 comments
Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on January 28, 2018 at 12:27 PM
Sweet little cub , fine detail, and nice action. The grasses are pretty distracting, though.
I'd suggest cropping from the bottom to just below the mom's eye to reduce the grasses and focus on the cub's face. This would be more of a square crop, but would work just fine.
Love it!
Sandy
 
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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on January 29, 2018 at 1:12 PM
I like the crop as presented, as the foreground grasses help move mom's face from prominence, but her (anthropomorphic) smile adds to the emotional appeal of the cub's behavior.  The pose, detail, and catchlight of the cub is near perfect.  One thing you might try as a tweak would be to warm the colors just a bit with a white balance adjustment...and maybe experiment with increased contrast.
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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on January 30, 2018 at 2:02 AM
Not much you can do with the pesky grass, I wll certainly try the suggestions
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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on January 30, 2018 at 10:59 AM
Really sweet pic. Love the tongue.
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