It's a beautifully shot picture - lovely light, colour and texture. The big problem for me is what Ann mentioned about the chin. The male is too low in the frame and the composition is unbalanced. I wish it wasn't.
I can't comment on the changing of the colour because I didn't really notice. However, they do have green grass in Africa you know. It's what the wildebeest and the zebras eat, so it makes sense for the lions to wait there. Bob > > > My nature photography group is having an exhibition, and I'm > > considering this image for the show. Four slightly > different versions > > of the same image. This was my second outing with the K20D > and is also > > an example of the kind of images possible with the > notorious "Bigma" - > > Sigma 50-500. > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/4458039806 > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/4457262217 > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/4458038850 > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/4458038552 > > > > They are in order: Brown grass, Green grass, Crop, B&W. > > > > I used the color replacement tool to brown the grass and > make it look > > more "natural", but am not quite easy with the "ethics" of that. > > > > The grass in the lion enclosure at the NC Zoo is BRIGHT > green, doesn't > > really evoke the natural habitat. It's really garish to my eye. > > > > I used an 8x10 crop to get a more intimate image. This is > my preferred > > image. > > > > Finally I included a B&W conversion to finesse the grass color > > question. Which brings up a question, why is B&W conversion > acceptable > > and re-painting bright green grass brown is dodgy? > > > > I invite your comments. > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
