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This is a call for the lion-siders, I need your help. I am going to make a comparison image of the South African lion. I decided to make a different image for those of the west (South Africa) from those of the east (Namibia and Etosha; the "desert" lions).
I have found three images that I consider are the best examples for a male lion from South Africa, here are the images:
*This image is copyright of its original author
*This image is copyright of its original author
*This image is copyright of its original author
My question is what of these three images do you prefer. Or if you have other images, please fell free to post them, remember that they most have a full view from the side of the lion and the paws most be visible in at least 90% (the other part can be reconstruct from other specimens), I need relative large images, for the pixels.
Tell me your opinions, the data for the image is already gathered, I just need the lion per se.