Lioness, Serengeti National Park


Posted by abiggs on Sun Nov 02, 2003 12:30 pm

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Canon D30 (wow, remember *that* camera?), 300mm f/4 IS + 1.4xII

I have been digging through my images from years past, and it is amazing how many images I have skipped over. I need to do this more often, because there can be diamonds in the rough. I must have skipped over this shot because of some underexposure issues. Nothing like 2 minutes in C1 and Photoshop to work wonders.

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by Harvey Edelman on Sun Nov 02, 2003 1:36 pm
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Beautiful creature captured extremely well.
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by Bill Keown on Sun Nov 02, 2003 7:37 pm
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Very, very nice. Idon't know what the image was like pre-processing but whatever you did in PS was effective.

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by Tim Grams on Sun Nov 02, 2003 8:57 pm
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Very nice. A lot of character in that face- the scar on the right ear, the insects (?) and the squint.
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by Phil Shaw on Mon Nov 03, 2003 1:06 pm
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Nice light (or adjustment in C1 :wink: ) and view point. If this were one of my images I'd be slightly disappointed that I had caught her with one ear turned away (animals always look more alert when their ears are both oriented in the same direction and following their gaze). I would also be a bit self-critical about not having re-composed the shot after focusing to place the subject further to the right in the frame. It's a nice shot, though. One that I might use in a workshop to illustrate the above points.
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by Matt Cox on Mon Nov 03, 2003 3:01 pm
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Very nice shot, Andy. I like the nice, soft directional light, the peaceful look of the subject, the way she parts the grass where she is lying down. Looks like a vertical might also have worked, here, allowing you to include the full length of her paws.
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by cjw on Mon Nov 03, 2003 9:21 pm
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It looks like she knows you're there and she's "letting you look at her". Very nice, Andy. I like it.
 

by Carol Clarke on Tue Nov 04, 2003 9:55 am
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This shows well her intense stare, the ears tuned in two directions and the ever present insects! a good record shot of just how things are in the bush!

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by E.J. Peiker on Wed Nov 05, 2003 10:10 am
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Excellent. I'd crop a bit from the right.
 

by Rich S on Wed Nov 05, 2003 6:09 pm
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D30 - ROFL! For some of us it's easy to tell when a photo was taken by the camera employed!

Nice light - and nice adjustment. Low angle works well. (And I would also take a bit from the right.)

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by NDCheryl on Sun Nov 09, 2003 11:05 am
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Nice portrait. I would like to see it less centered as well. I like the ear positions.
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