Bhubezi

Gallery: WildlifePosted September 5, 2017109 views8 comments

Having kept us awake from 4.00 am with continual roaring we caught up with this magnificent male around 15 km down the road.
The journey in an open vehicle could be best described as "freezing",
Bhubezi is now the leader of "Ceil's Pride" and will provide an excellent replacement to both Cecil and Jericho.
More info can be found at http://friendsofhwange.com/the-life-of-bhubezi-the-lion/
EOS 1DX
200-400 mm F4 at 280 mm
F5.6
ISO 1600
1/1000

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Joe James on September 5, 2017 at 6:05 AM

Beautiful early morning light Ken!

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on September 5, 2017 at 2:51 PM

Excellent, Ken. Hard to imagine being cold in Africa...

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on September 6, 2017 at 9:21 AM

No wonder, he looks and walks like a leader.

Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on September 6, 2017 at 10:33 AM

The genes go forward. He looks like a fitting new king. The eyes stand out well in this image.

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on September 7, 2017 at 12:37 AM

Looks like he owns the world, or at least his corner of it Ken. Nice light and color here. Great pose and as Jerry pointed out his eyes really draw your attention.

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Comment posted by John Robinson on September 7, 2017 at 7:08 AM

Another great lion shot Ken.
Superb light on this one.
JohnR

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on September 8, 2017 at 5:26 AM

Thanks everybody for your kind comments devil

Joseph, you must visit again everything is improving, try Camp Hwange and Hwange Bush Camp both run by Dave Carson

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on September 10, 2017 at 8:15 PM

Fine specimen. Fine capture. I very much like the quality of light in his eye and the sideways (but not at the photographer) glance.

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