Lions in South-Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia

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Marlon du Toit: " Portrait of a Madikwe King.

Many will ask if the branch across the face bothers me, & if I’ll “photoshop” it. It’s a good question.
I seldom dive into Ps to fix up images like this. For the most part, I believe that when I photograph wildlife within their natural environments, this is bound to happen. As much as I don’t have control over what these animals will do (or not do), I certainly can’t control the movement of a blade of grass.
Yes, I’d probably prefer for it to be gone but at the end of the day, it’s a magnificent male lion within his natural environment, pretty special within it’s own right.
Sony A7R4 + Sony 185 f1.8 GM
ISO 4000, f1.8, 1/640 sec."

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