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by Ken Watkins

Gallery: WildlifePosted October 2, 2014104 views5 comments
A late evening greeting in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, taken on the Ngweshla Plains.
EOS 1DX
200-400 mm F4 at 400mm
F6.3
ISO 1600
1/320

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by Jerry Austin on October 2, 2014 at 8:05 AM
Nice behavioral capture here. The lioness is great against that blue background. I do long for a better look at the male. Not a deal breaker by any means. Nice capture.
Registered on January 6, 2012, 651 Posts, 3448 Comments
Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on October 2, 2014 at 10:38 PM
I really like this image Ken. I like the anticipation it gives me as a viewer waiting for her to finally arrive with her mate. Nice moment capture.
Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments
Comment posted by Ken Watkins on October 3, 2014 at 2:09 AM
Jerry,

I do have another that reflects the actual meeting, I'll post it later

Kurt,

Thanks for your comment
Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments
Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on October 3, 2014 at 9:16 AM
Love the concentrated gaze of female n her placement against the sky.
A touch more room on the left will help the frame.
Jagdeep Rajput
Registered on April 29, 2008, 686 Posts, 2857 Comments
Comment posted by Lon Sharp on October 5, 2014 at 8:27 PM
If this were not part of a series, a "story line" so to speak, I would be saying the male should not be in the frame at all. The female is offering a perfect, dynamic moving pose, alert and with lifted tail. I would really be stand-alone with just her...but of course this is about the coming interaction, making the male vital.
Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments