A wonderful moment I experienced in the Kgalagadi transfrontier park that cross borders South Africa and Botswana on 20 November 2015.  I captured a gathering of a small pride of lions very early in the morning with the sunrise in the background as the lions rested on an old tree.  The way they positioned themselves made for a beautiful composition.  The tree added great texture and diagonal angles in the frame.  Post processing in Adobe Lightroom 6 included cropping, dust removal.  Profile correction was also done.  I corrected the white and black values to portrai the natural, original scene.  Contrast was increased with 45%.  Highlights decreased by 50% since I was shooting into the sunrise. Shadows increased by 30%. Global sharpening by 10%. A Selection of African land predators from countries including Kenya, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.
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