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Kalahari Lioness
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Kalahari Lioness

by Ken Watkins

Gallery: WildlifePosted March 28, 201687 views7 comments
We are returning to the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana on Wednesday, and hoping for some more nice ions.
EOS 1DX
200-400 mm  F4 at 461mm
F7.1
ISO 800
1/1000

Comments

7 comments
Comment posted by John Launstein on March 28, 2016 at 5:18 PM
I LOVE this image, Ken! It's one of my very favourites from you, actually! Just a wonderful mood and intangible quality to it. For sure it has gorgeous tones throughout thanks to the open light and complementary colour palette, and I think the lioness is optimally "buried" creating a sense of her wading through the grass. I just plain like it. sad
Registered on April 5, 2011, 223 Posts, 1193 Comments
Comment posted by Charles Gangas on March 28, 2016 at 6:04 PM
Nice head on shot Ken. Excellent techs, and I like the straw colored grasses partially obscuring the lioness. Nice compositional choice as well.
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Comment posted by Joe James on March 28, 2016 at 10:39 PM
I just love this one Ken!
Registered on November 20, 2009, 89 Posts, 808 Comments
Comment posted by Ken Watkins on March 29, 2016 at 3:23 AM
Thanks everybody for your kind comments they are much appreciated.devil

Hope to find some more on Thursday!
 
Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments
Comment posted by Nate Chappell on April 2, 2016 at 2:28 PM
This is awesome Ken, one of your best imo, the low angle and focus of the lioness are both super.  devil
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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on April 4, 2016 at 11:57 PM
I agree this is one of your best, with the soft grasses + lion moving into the frame telling of an unfolding drama.
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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on April 17, 2016 at 1:01 AM
Lon and Nate,

Thanks for your comments, no luck this trip, there must be some truth to the rumour of the local cattle farmers slaughtering "problem" animals?
Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments