Loving Lions

I can't help myself! The sun was out again this morning so I headed for the zoo to see if new animals were up and about. This visit it was the lions that were warming & grooming themselves. What fun!

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Lovely set Bob. Cats seem to be your "thing."

This week they are my thing. I love dogs, cats ducks & parrots as well. I love portraiture and landscapes. I love pink elephant toes. LOL I love - Photography.

Lovely set there Bob - love 2, 3 & 4 (although 3 feels like it's a tad too tightly cropped). Nice job!

Really like the 2nd, 3rd & 4th Lion images Bob.

What have you done to the images in terms of processing ? - they have a slightly 'painted' feel to them.

The only photo in this series that had any heavy processing is the elephant photo where I painted the toenails ping. I decreased the opacity to allow the actual nails to show through. I think I over-sharpened the elephant photo as well. The rest had levels adjustments, vignetting and exposure adjustments to add pop.

I just realized you may have been referring to the lion photos. I copied the main photo, did a screen blend mode and applied a filter mask to only bring more detail to the rocks behind the lions in #4.

All 4 shots had a filter applied known as the golden hour enhancer that warms earth colors. This is one of OnOne's Photo Tools 2.6 filters that I like.

Thanks Bob - yes it was the Lion images I was talking about.

Here two shots from those I shot that day. The first is post processed above and the second has absolutely nothing done to it.

Nice PP Bob. What did you do to them? You might wanna post it as a tip thread? Think a few people would be interested as it's a nice transformation

Good Idea Azz. I just edited the posted RAW straight conversion above to you can see the difference. I'll write a separate post on the step by step processing if I can remember them all. I process pretty quickly these days but I'll try not to skip any steps.