Time for a Lion?

Gallery: WildlifePosted November 26, 201596 views11 comments

I am pretty certain I have never seen a Lion roaring whilst moving, but this is one. He is one of the Males of the Marsh Pride in Savute, Botswana.
Along with his pride he was rather half heartedly chasing off a female presumably from another pride.

EOS 1DX
200-400 mm F4 at 303 mm
F5.6
ISO 800
1/640

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Jim Gavin on November 26, 2015 at 2:34 AM

What a magnificent beast. His placement, the light, his surroundings and best of all his roaring make this a really fine image.

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Comment posted by Cay-Uwe Kulzer on November 26, 2015 at 4:03 AM

Ken,

great light, nice action and well inclusion of the surroundings. I like it very much devil

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on November 26, 2015 at 7:08 AM

Golden light n golden subject, I can almost hear him. devil

Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on November 26, 2015 at 9:57 AM

Really sweet light. The action of the lion is nice but the light is awesome. Great image from a very simple composition.

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Comment posted by Jerry Marella on November 26, 2015 at 11:43 AM

Great image, Ken. I like everything about it.

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Comment posted by Richard Sandor on November 28, 2015 at 9:06 AM

Ken: beautiful, light, subject and composition. Can't ask for more. Congrats!! Richard

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Comment posted by Katie Jones on November 28, 2015 at 4:43 PM

Good composition. Great light and action. Maybe cropping in on the lion a little bit would make more of an impact? Or perhaps you wanted to show the animal in its environment? Either way, outstanding natural behavior image. :)

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on November 29, 2015 at 12:54 AM

Thanks everybody for your comments. devil

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on November 29, 2015 at 9:11 AM

Hey Ken,

Nicely done - very nice light and timed to perfection. Definitely one of my favourite of your posts.

Cheers...

Brad

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Comment posted by Hisham Atallah on November 29, 2015 at 10:19 AM

Hi Ken,
Love the framing, love the light and obviously the pose.

Cheers,

Hisham.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on November 29, 2015 at 11:29 AM

I, too, would rank this as one of your top images. The dramatic angle of warm lighting adds fine artistic effect.

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