Just recently processed this one....I've gone back and forth on color vs black and white, but I'm liking this B&W for the time being. Anyway, it's a simple scene of this lone male lion at rest beside a remote Kopje, full frame.
Very nice image. On first look, the lion is secondary, a supporting cast for the landscape. Once you key in on it, you notice the lion first. I like it!
KCollett wrote:
Very nice image. On first look, the lion is secondary, a supporting cast for the landscape. Once you key in on it, you notice the lion first. I like it!
Ken, thanks so much for the kind remark. I was trying to give the landscape prominence...I have scads of close-ups...including this cat @ 800mm instead of 90mm, but they could be anywhere. Thanks again,
Excellent Jim. I like the composition. My experience around Kopjes hasn't been that great. I had seen lions and cheetahs but in really harsh light.
Harsha
A very interesting shot Jim..I look at this image and while I am an eternal optimist I see the Kopjes still standing long after the last lion has passed through this part of the Serengetti. The lion almost looks like its guarding the kopjes while in fact its the other way around.
Eric
harshaj1 wrote:
Excellent Jim. I like the composition. My experience around Kopjes hasn't been that great. I had seen lions and cheetahs but in really harsh light.
Harsha
Thanks Harsha...sorry your experiences have not been optimal, but that's the norm given their remoteness. I takes driving in the dark for a long ways to be in the best Kopjes in good light, and that's not an option on most safaris. Actually, most of the Kopjes, like the one depicted, are not even approachable without special permits.
Excellent composition and the eye contact is powerful... well done.
I prefer nature & wildlife images in their natural colors, but this works pretty well too.
eyelaser wrote:
A very interesting shot Jim..I look at this image and while I am an eternal optimist I see the Kopjes still standing long after the last lion has passed through this part of the Serengetti. The lion almost looks like its guarding the kopjes while in fact its the other way around.
Eric
Hey Eric, barring a cataclysmic event, the rocks will indeed outlast the lions. Unfortunately, and as you know, lions (actually all the big cats) are disappearing at an alarming rate. I think you're right on both counts on who's guarding whom....it's a symbiotic relationship for sure. Thanks for the comments!
Lil Judd wrote:
I would call this "Kopjes with resting Lion"
the lion is definitely supporting cast here. I like seeing our subjects in their environment.
Nice
Lil
Lil, I really appreciate comment. Habitat is the most critical thing to wildlife, it just seams right to give it prominence on occasion - at the cost of whisker detail.
