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Dawn Patrol

by Neil Rossmiller

Gallery: WildlifePosted August 14, 201087 views6 comments
Watching this lioness run up this Acacia tree put any illusions I might have had about lions poor ability to climb trees to rest. She spent about a minute up there and came down just as easily as she went up. Unfortunately, it was about ten minutes before the light got really good. Oh well!

Canon D30 Canon 17-85 @ 28mm 1/750th @ f16

Comments always appreciated.
Thanks for looking.
Neil

Comments

6 comments
Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on August 15, 2010 at 1:18 AM
Great animalscape !
I love everything about this, the tree, the pose of lioness, the clouds in the sky, the setting and composition !
I would love to see colour version too, assuming that it was taken 10 minutes before sunrise.
Jagdeep Rajput :toast:
Registered on April 29, 2008, 686 Posts, 2857 Comments
Comment posted by Brad Hill on August 15, 2010 at 10:25 AM
Hi Neil,

This is a VERY nice animalscape (and documents and debunks that poor climbing ability myth quite well!!). I think this has the potential to make a great print!

I know nothing about how much pushing around you can do with the 30D files, but if the image were mine I think I'd experiment with bringing out a little more shadow detail in the foreground.

Neat scene - thanks for sharing this...

cheers...

Brad
Registered on May 29, 2007, 431 Posts, 6061 Comments
Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on August 15, 2010 at 12:03 PM
Neil, if you would not have mentioned the species and not included a larger version, I would have assumed this was a leopard! A great documentary image, captured in a way that it can also serve as a wall hanger. The light not being very good makes the choice to go B&W a good one I think. :toast:
Registered on February 24, 2006, 504 Posts, 7203 Comments
Comment posted by Richard Olsen on August 15, 2010 at 1:36 PM
Excellent image isolating the lion in the skyline!
If this were mine, it'd be haning on a wall!
:toast:
Registered on October 19, 2006, 306 Posts, 1571 Comments
Comment posted by Lon Sharp on August 16, 2010 at 12:52 AM
This has its impact as a graphic. I think you could apply noise reduction to smooth the sky and print it!
Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments
Comment posted by Joe James on August 16, 2010 at 8:18 PM
The composition on this one is amazing! Well done here.
Registered on November 20, 2009, 89 Posts, 808 Comments