Friends and Foes

Love the setting, Morkel. It's hard to imagine that zebras and lions can exist in this landscape. Great documentary shot of an unexpected behavior also.

Merry Christmas!

Hisham.

Morkel, I love your recent shots that tell a story. This is really nice. Well done.

Love this behavioral image.
The basic needs for water an food trumps everything else sometimes.
I have mixed feelings about the zebra on the upper left. It keeps drawing my eye from the beautiful male lion.
Sandy

I think this is one of those rare images that tell a story and give some insight into the animals lives.  Well done.

Great story telling pic!
May  prefer to crop out the lone Zebra,
With best wishes for the holiday season!

Jagdeep Rajput​

Nice job composing this scene, Morkel.  I appreciate the "S" curve of the water hole, the location of the big male lion in the lower right on the frame...moving to middle and the bit of counter balance offered by the distant soft focused animal,(wildebeest I think...not zebra!) on the upper left.  If one wants to be super nit picky, I guess you could think about the green mounds bottom and left and wish they were absent or less cut off and more in the frame...but that is a really minor point and probably the scene dictated it being presented as shown.

Thanks folks. Already cropped a bit so didn't want to crop to get rid of that "wayward" wildebeest. Also don't like cloning in my images.

Morkel,
A first time for me I have never seen much at Okondeka on many visits!

Morkel, thanks for explaining the crop choice.  That was bugging me too, but I understand.  It's interesting seeing the two species sharing this spot in such close proximity, but I suppose the arid environment and scarce water supply sometimes makes for strange bedfellows.

Max

Beautiful composition here. The river just pulls your eye right though the image.

Interesting behavioral image captured in nice light.  The facing foreground male really adds to the image IMO. Well done.