The Occupier

Gallery: WildlifePosted March 13, 2013785 views14 comments

This young male and his sister chased us from our campsite and stayed there for the entire day. Funny in a way, but a bit irritating as well... Anyway it did give us some good shooting opportunities.

This was shot from underneath my vehicle.

Southern Kalahari, Botswana
Camera Model Canon EOS-1DX
Shutter Speed 1/1000 Sec.
Aperture Value f/7.1
ISO Speed 1250
Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM
slight crop

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Carol Nichols on March 13, 2013 at 3:06 PM

Wow, what a great perspective Vincent. The lion is so sharp and a terrfic mouth open capture. Super neat!

Registered on November 7, 2007, 161 Posts, 1420 Comments

Comment posted by Johan Malmros on March 13, 2013 at 3:39 PM

Not many chances of a perspective like that. I am glad you used it. Nice that you got a bit of action as well.
Too bad the right eye is looking a bit "strange".

Registered on January 6, 2011, 20 Posts, 154 Comments

Comment posted by William Bickle on March 13, 2013 at 4:48 PM

Hello Vincent

Those Youths are so Playful, yet annoying. Crisp & Sharp with Excellent Light!!:)

Interesting Perspective, Not seen Too Often !

Enjoyed....

Bill

Registered on June 13, 2011, 183 Posts, 1702 Comments

Comment posted by Chet Dowell on March 13, 2013 at 4:56 PM

This is both fun and amazing. Great job. Chet

Registered on December 3, 2012, 237 Posts, 1171 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Hackley on March 13, 2013 at 6:11 PM

Looks like under your vehicle was a good place to photograph from as I really like this low perspective. Wonderful detail where it really counts and nice timing to get this. The larger image looks great, way to go.

Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments

Comment posted by Steeve Marcoux on March 13, 2013 at 9:05 PM

Great capture, i like it very much.
The angle is perfect.

Registered on November 23, 2012, 15 Posts, 76 Comments

Comment posted by Rick Turner on March 13, 2013 at 9:47 PM

A real original capture. Well done

Registered on February 18, 2012, 534 Posts, 2755 Comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on March 14, 2013 at 12:11 AM

Great image, almost gives the impression the lion is laughing at you. Thanks for sharing the image and the story.

Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments

Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on March 14, 2013 at 8:15 AM

Hey Vincent, what were you doing under the vehicle.

A wonderful frame and I love the horizontal yawn, as most of the time, we are used to vertical yawn.
Jagdeep Rajput

Registered on April 29, 2008, 686 Posts, 2857 Comments

Comment posted by Martin Dunn on March 14, 2013 at 4:34 PM

I'm getting the idea that you like low level shots Vincent.
Nice bands of colours from bottom to top and the colours in the lion itself are wonderful. The pose reminds me of my cat at home.

Registered on February 20, 2013, 198 Posts, 1011 Comments

Comment posted by Sandipan Dutta on March 15, 2013 at 11:38 PM

What an angle to shoot !!! It's a fantastic portrait I would say.

Registered on March 9, 2009, 171 Posts, 493 Comments

Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on March 16, 2013 at 5:44 PM

Gotta love those Kalahari lion antics, especially in the Botswana campsites. Love the angle here, as well as the expression, just wish there was a tad more space on the LHS...presume it's full frame on that side...

Registered on March 22, 2011, 385 Posts, 2068 Comments

Comment posted by Wayne Willison on March 17, 2013 at 8:06 PM

Can't get a much lower pov than this. The crisp detail is wonderful, shows all that's needed here. Love it.

Registered on April 10, 2009, 292 Posts, 3967 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on March 30, 2013 at 4:29 PM

Vincent: I had no clue from the thumbnail. GREAT POV and a compelling capture. 2 thumbs up! >=))>

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments