focal length: 70 mm
shutter speed: 1/500
aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 200
flash: none

We were kicking ourselves for not having our 70-300mm telephoto lens with us when we went to the Toronto Zoo. I sure paid for it when I tried to take a picture of this lion and lioness resting in the cool of the shade. Take a look at the SOOC below:

Yuck! I know! I cropped in heavily, losing most of the pixels, warmed up the temperature quite a bit then ran Matt Kloskowski’s Nostalgic Effect preset in Lightroom to give it some “oomph”. Then I upped the saturation, added a subtle post-crop vignette with heavy feathering and voila! What a difference a little time in the digital darkroom makes.

I’ve had the 70-300mm for a few weeks now and I still haven’t tried it out. I need to get out more.

Laura is a Vancouver portrait photographer. Visit Dolce Life Photography.