Boys First #2

Gallery: WildlifePosted November 8, 201092 views6 comments

Canon 7D
Canon 70-200
@ 200
ISO 400
1/2000 F6.3

Thanks for the comments on the first of this series. Always appreciated. This shot gets in a little closer and shows the tension is rising. I did desaturate the reds a little this time. I think perhaps being near the lungs of the wildebeest it is a very bright red. I have not done any saturaton in either and it was very bright.
Comments welcomed
Cheers
RickT

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on November 8, 2010 at 10:31 AM

IMHO this image has more dynamics! But, both are good. I like that this one has a female more involved. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Marsel van Oosten on November 8, 2010 at 11:58 AM

Spareribs for breakfast.

Nice shot, shame about the heads of the males being attached to each other though.

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on November 8, 2010 at 11:19 PM

This is a rather intense image of lion feeding behaviour Rick. The colors looks good to me, but I would brighten the entire image up just a bit. I quite like the composition, but wish the elbo of the standing male was included and that the face of the male in the center was visible.

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on November 9, 2010 at 9:23 AM

Hi Rick,

Nice drama here! While some might argue this is a tad on the macabre side, I like the shot and never mind seeing images of animals doing what animals do! From a technical perspective I think the image is just a little too dark - simply brightening it up a little (probably 1/3 to 1/2 stop) would likely make quite a difference. If you choose to do this you MIGHT have to do a very minor global increase in contrast as well. Compositionally my only comment echoes what Marsel said - too bad that those two males heads are pressed together so tightly - a little separation here might have strengthened the image a little (but not a thing you could have done about this).

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad

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Comment posted by Ajit Huilgol on November 10, 2010 at 12:30 AM

That female doesn't stand a chance! She is making it very clear to the male that it was she, or her sisters/mother who brought the wildebeest down and it is rightfully 'their' meal, but with the males muscling in, she can only bare her teeth in futile protest!

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Comment posted by Steve Canuel on November 12, 2010 at 1:14 PM

Those ribs look delicious! I like the merge of the males' faces and think you did well to capture the tension of the feeding. Agree that it could go a little lighter.

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