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Lioness Glaring at Camera
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Lioness Glaring at Camera

by Charles Sleicher

Category: FaunaAdded January 25, 2005129 views

Land Mammals

Keywords: lioness, lion, eye-contact, eye, glaring, Masai, Mara, Kenya, predator, courage, frightening, staring, fierce, forbidding, close-up

This lioness was at eye level because she was on a fallen tree about eight feet above the ground. She was on edge because she and her male companion were treed by a herd of buffalo in the Masai Mara of Kenya. I have many more photos of lions taken in the Mara.
Image Reference: MLion0908Image Format: 35mm slideImage Crop: Full FrameDigital Enhancement: NoneModel Release: NAProperty Release: NACaptive: No