Greeting the Sun
by Yellowpeep

Comment by TooCool:
Great shot! Only thing I would like to see diferent is a little more detail in the shadows.
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Greeting the Sun
by Yellowpeep

Comment by inspzil:
Excellent capture. I'd have like to seen the lion facing the camera just a little bit more. Its still an excellent shot. Great background, sky is a really nice color. His face has a couple minor hot spots under his nose, but it would be difficult to darken this down without losing the details in the body. Overall good quality shot 7

Greeting the Sun
by Yellowpeep

Comment by connie:
Beautiful Image! Perfect in my book!

Greeting the Sun
by Yellowpeep

Comment by nephrotic:
unusual angle - i like this - almost seems to be roaring at the sun

Greeting the Sun
by Yellowpeep

Comment by joshuamli:
Excellent. Not sure if opening the shadows would have helped, but that's one thing I would try if it were my photo.

Greeting the Sun
by Yellowpeep

Comment by neenee1999:
Outstanding, great angle in which you captured this shot, the open mouth as if roaring was a great capture 10

Greeting the Sun
by Yellowpeep

Comment by goinskiing:
I love this shot! I particularly enjoy the contrast between the shadow cast on the lion and the sunlight in it's face (this is due to your wonderful lighting). I also believe that the trees in the background enhance this photo tremendously seems to fill the frame quite nicely. One thing that would add more strength IMO, is to equalize and balance the shot. I feel that the tree on the right mixed with the lion's head tend to overdominate the shot. It just feels ever so slightly heavy on the right. But this is a very, very minor thing and the rest of the elements more than make up for that fact.

Greeting the Sun
by Yellowpeep

Comment by sfalice:
I love the beauty of this animal - as you say, "greeting the sun." If the contrasts, or lights vs darks were slightly different it would be a 10, but in my estimation, the photo is still well worth a 9.

Greeting the Sun
by Yellowpeep

Comment by dtouch1:
How did you get this photo? Its a great shot...10

Greeting the Sun
by Yellowpeep

Comment by geewhy:
From a slightly different angle, this shot would be my favourite.
The contrast between sunlight and shadow is superb, add a plain blue background and the lion`s rear quarter and it`s just about unbeatable.