Today it is King's day in my country, The Netherlands, so an image of the king of the animals today. This is a scan of a slide. I took this image in 2006, when I wasn't shooting digital yet.
Konika Minolta Dynax 5, probably with a Sigma 150-500 mm telelens. Velvia 50 ISO slide film.
It was taken in Sweetwater's Kenya, where there were 3 brothers and some females. This image was used in 2007 by ING Carlease for their magazine CARL in The Netherlands.
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4 commentsA very pleasing image. Looks like the scan held up very well. Thank goodness we don't have to deal with the issues of Velvia any more!!
You're right, Keith. Digital is so much easier.
I like the side lighting n pose. Nice job on scanning but I feel the saturation is on the plus side, no wonder what velvia was known for.
Jagdeep Rajput
Hi Betty-Lou,
A classic image is a classic image - regardless of when it was shot (and in my view that's one of the beauties of photography!). And this one is a classic!
While I really like the image you posted, for my taste there's a little too much room on the right and not quite enough on the left, with the result that the lion appears to be looking OUT of the frame rather than into it. Even though this is a scan (and I haven't seen the original slide or original scan), I think a few post-processing tweaks could improve the shot. First, even though it's highly unlikely you can retrieve any highlights now, I'd reduce the exposure a little on the blown out part of the mane below the ear and shoulder region. You'd have to do this carefully - go too far and it would start to "gray out". And, the image does appear noticeably over-sharpended - if this happened after the scanning process it can probably be backed off a little...
Cheers...
Brad