Tanzania

cheechm · 12 Oct 2009 at 23:26

Just a few shots I played with in Lightroom from my holiday last summer. Hope you enjoy:

Cheers

Razor-BladE · 12 Oct 2009 at 23:31

Nice shots. Really like the last one

Mr Jones · 12 Oct 2009 at 23:35

I like the last 2 shot, expecially the last shot. Very dramatic with the wind and pp.

syke · 12 Oct 2009 at 23:36

What sort of PP went into the last one? That's stunning.

ScarySquirrel · 12 Oct 2009 at 23:38

Wow, fantastic photos.

That last one in particular is stunning. I love the empy space around him! Brilliant!

Raymond Lin · 12 Oct 2009 at 23:39

They are nice captures but composition wise they can be a LOT better.

cheechm · 12 Oct 2009 at 23:44

Cheers guys. I pretty much just played around with settings coming up with "what looked nice".

ScarySquirrel · 13 Oct 2009 at 00:00

Raymond Lin said:
They are nice captures but composition wise they can be a LOT better.

Actually, you're right.

Have you tried a tighter crop on the third one so the lion is off centre left, looking into the frame? Might work better.

Dup · 13 Oct 2009 at 00:02

I absolutely love the last shot. How did you get that 70's/80's photograph look and could you post an original to compare?

martinturner · 13 Oct 2009 at 08:29

ScarySquirrel said:
Actually, you're right.

Have you tried a tighter crop on the third one so the lion is off centre left, looking into the frame? Might work better.

lol, I was just about to suggest the very same thing

A wonderful shot though!

SteveOBHave · 13 Oct 2009 at 09:19

Gold - the last one is a winner!

Cyclone · 13 Oct 2009 at 13:49

As most of the others have said the last picture is awesome.

Ciphon · 13 Oct 2009 at 14:53

Yeah, I really like the last 2.

That lion is epic.

Cyclone · 13 Oct 2009 at 18:37

Have you thought about selling that picture of the lion? Would look good on a wall framed.

The_Abyss · 13 Oct 2009 at 22:21

Without wanting to sound like a killjoy.

The last photos is ok, but it does require some cropping. If you've been on safari, you'll see a lot of photos like this. Getting a decent angle is hard though, as you do run the risk of the subject eating you, or at least giving you a jolly good mauling.

uv · 14 Oct 2009 at 07:51

I don't think the lion needs cropping - I think the large blurred pinhole vignette works really well, the empty space gives the lion his 'kingdom'. It's a good shot, with fantastic PP that suits the image

ChazHurst · 14 Oct 2009 at 12:15

I'm with uv here. Even though conventional wisdom tells you that the picture "must be dull because the subject is in the middle", I think if you crop the image you lose too much of the empty space and it makes the picture somehow less powerful.