Yawn or Roar?

Gallery: WildlifePosted February 13, 201679 views6 comments

A fine Male Lion shows his teeth in Kwando, Botswana.

EOS 1DX
200-400 mm F4 at 386 mm
F6.3
ISO 400
1/640

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by William Bickle on February 13, 2016 at 8:22 AM

Hello Ken..... An excellent capture of this good looking guy! I do find the plant a little distracting though.

Bill
www.BillBickle.com

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

Comment posted by Pete Bengeyfield on February 13, 2016 at 11:49 AM

Whichever it is, it's impressive. Nice one.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on February 13, 2016 at 12:13 PM

From variety of images I have seen, this feels more like a mating snarl than yawn or roar. I agree the greenery on left is unfortunate. Details of this big guy are very well presented. Nice light angle!

Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on February 13, 2016 at 12:46 PM

And fine teeth they are. I like the pose and the back-lighting looks fine to my eye. Well done with this king of beasts devil

...........................Jim

Registered on January 17, 2004, 705 Posts, 3594 Comments

Comment posted by Hisham Atallah on February 13, 2016 at 1:03 PM

Indeed this looks like a Flehmen response. Very nice detail and framing. The light looks slightly on th harsh side.

Cheers,

Hisham.

Registered on November 5, 2014, 121 Posts, 352 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Watkins on February 15, 2016 at 2:16 AM

Thanks everybody, as far as I recall this was a bit of chatting, not a full blown roar.

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