Sam The Lion

I was surprised to find that the image worked better when I clicked on 'discard colour information'.

I've always wanted to make use of Frans Lanting's amazing book of animal portraits, 'Eye To Eye'. My wife (Sam) was good enough to oblige. The title suddenly came to me, the nickname for one of the main characters in 'The Last Pictureshow', one of the first movies I saw that made a huge impression; it was also the first contemporary film I saw that was made in black and white.