Aging Gracefully by taffy

Aging Gracefully

Thanks for your wonderful comments on the shots from the park yesterday with my new lens. The one of the sculpture ended up on PP - yay!!
Still testing my new lens and processing images from it in different ways. This was taken at 300mm using three bracketed shots -- fortunately he was quite still (and a little unnerving the way he was staring at me). Processed in Photomatix to combine and then in LR to avoid any HDR unnatural look but get all the details of his face. In extras album is a sc image from the park yesterday, also at 300mm:
http://365project.org/taffy/the-also-ran-ph/2015-10-10
Kim
Gorgeous beast, well captured!
October 11th, 2015  
He does look very dignified.
October 11th, 2015  
Beautiful! Terrific capture and use of HDR.
October 11th, 2015  
quite an intense fellow. all of your work paid off it is a beautiful photo!
October 11th, 2015  
Fabulous!
October 11th, 2015  
He does look a bit like a geriatric lion. But still magnificent!
October 11th, 2015  
MAGnifcient!!! Royalty for sure! FAV
October 11th, 2015  
Majestic portrait and wonderful depth of tones Fav!
October 11th, 2015  
love..fav
October 11th, 2015  
Awesome picture. Congratulations on making the Trending Page. Well deserved.
October 11th, 2015  
What a majestic beast. Beautiful capture.
October 11th, 2015  
Magnificent capture A fav
October 11th, 2015  
very regal, I'm planning a zoo visit soon!
October 11th, 2015  
Excellent
October 11th, 2015  
Brilliant capture.
October 11th, 2015  
Beautiful caputre!!
October 11th, 2015  
He looks majestic. Great shot!
October 11th, 2015  
The detail on his face is great and he is quite magnificent
October 11th, 2015  
Such great pic of this majestic animal
October 11th, 2015  
Love the expression and the ear sticking out. Way cool!
October 11th, 2015  
Well done.
October 11th, 2015  
What a handsome lion.
October 11th, 2015  
Such a majestic capture.
October 11th, 2015  
Such an intense stare !! a wonderful capture of this regal beast -- he is so handsome ! -- fav
October 11th, 2015  
Beautifully majestic, love the inscrutable expression :)
October 11th, 2015  
Beautifully detailed and focused Taffy. Your editing is great. Fav
October 11th, 2015  
Wonderful.
October 11th, 2015  
Super shot, what a magnificent animal.
October 11th, 2015  
Wow what a majestic look!
Love the detail and stare your getting!!
Congrats on your new lens Taffy, should be very practical!
October 11th, 2015  
Beautifully captured.
October 11th, 2015  
so grand
October 11th, 2015  
Kim
Absolutely gorgeous!
October 11th, 2015  
Oh, this turned out really well... it looks very natural. He is a noble fellow with an eerily unmoving stare. I bet your new lens will be fun to use in NY, too! Super shot.
October 11th, 2015  
Super capture...looks quite regal, great composition
October 11th, 2015  
He is still regal ... beautiful photo
October 11th, 2015  
A majestic capture, super processing. Fav!! 😃
October 11th, 2015  
Fav very beautiful photo
October 11th, 2015  
Wonderfully detailed and focused.
October 11th, 2015  
It's all in those eyes mate! Fav
October 11th, 2015  
Beautiful animal and shot
October 11th, 2015  
BEAUTIFUL...Fav
October 11th, 2015  
So majestic. Fav
October 11th, 2015  
A wonderful capture of this majestic lion
October 11th, 2015  
He is so majestic looking. Wonderful capture. Fav!
October 11th, 2015  
I'm fav'ing this as an outstanding shot, although it kills me to see lions in captivity.
October 12th, 2015  
Very majestic- the processing is spot-on!
October 12th, 2015  
Very nice. Lovely tones.
October 12th, 2015  
Brilliant!
October 12th, 2015  
He has you in his sights! Lovely capture with great detail! Fav!
October 12th, 2015  
Instant FAV
October 12th, 2015  
pam
so fabulous taffy
October 12th, 2015  
Love this photo, Taffy. Your processing is amazing. You captured such amazing detail. FAV
October 14th, 2015  
Jo
He is magnificent. Beautiful shot.
October 14th, 2015  
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