To many, this may look like I
drew the lion in the grass with Photoshop, but that’s not the case. I did not
touch anything in this picture. It is exactly as I took it.
Interestingly, the reason the
lion looks like a painting is because the pixels are spread out which makes the
details softer. At the time I shot this picture, I was just transitioning from
film to digital and had a small point and shoot 5 megapixel camera. If I had a
camera with more megapixels, I’m not sure I would have gotten the same effect
in the photo. That’s where the magic happens. I zoomed in to frame the lion
with the tree in the background, but let the camera focus. This made the lion
appear like a drawing or painting because of its natural camouflage in the red
oat grass.
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