The innocent child

Beutiful Look like something you want to bring home

A nice pose on a nice log against a nice background. Not a bad combo! Those eyes are incredibly expressive. Love the color, Vincent.

Max

Vincent, nothing to pick at here...at least for me. I think the works for me in every way. techs of course are right on the mark, but the comp really send this over the top for me. Love the tree running diagonally and like you said, not very common. Not sure I have ever seen a lion cub on a tree. Congrats on finding and capturing this!

Beautiful image, Vincent. Nice colours on the background.

Beautiful Vincent!!

Edwin

I love the pose. Very engaging image you have managed here Vincent. Superb all around.

Very nice, Vincent. The pose in stunning.

D&L

Really nice! Beautiful light and I really like the comp

Vincent,

This is exactly what I had in mind when you shared an earlier image from this series .This is a wall hanger, the larger version is superb !

Very engaging, indeed, Vincent! One needs to look at the larger photo to really appreciate those innocent eyes. Only emphasises how all babies look cute, even baby donkeys, and baby hyenas! I remember you saying that you had never seen a lion on a tree - until our visit, that is!

Love that expression. The cutest face ever. The tilted perch works nicely. Very compelling indeed.

Lovely portrait of this adorable cub Vincent, really works on all levels for me!

I've seen lions (climbing) in trees on numerous occasions, but although it's a great to see, it's often very difficult to photograph due to the size of the animal and the many branches and leaves. Dead tree trunks are much better - someone should tell them.

Simple and straightforward composition, and I like the two diagonals going in opposite directions.

I see that you shot this at Chobe NP. How many cars where there at this sighting? The reason I'm asking is because I've never seen so many vehicles (sometimes more than 15) at sightings anywhere in Africa as in Chobe - a major turn-off. Hope you had better luck.

Hi Marsel,
You said:

I see that you shot this at Chobe NP. How many cars where there at this sighting? The reason I'm asking is because I've never seen so many vehicles (sometimes more than 15) at sightings anywhere in Africa as in Chobe - a major turn-off. Hope you had better luck.

The scenario you describe ONLY occurs on the Chobe waterfront near Kasane, nowhere else in Botswana, believe me. And yes that is a major turn-off. Yet I hear this is a common thing in many of the East-African Parks and know it is in many of the South African Parks. This was taken at Savute, FAR from the waterfront, we were the only vehicle at the sighting. I believe another joined (accidentally, no radio connections between the vehicles in the park) after the lions had decided to descend the tree.

The expression on the cub's face really locks in my attention. Then I notice the very fine detail in both cub and tree as well as the way the cub stands out from the background. Outstanding shot, Vincent.

Vincent - it was indeed near Kasane. Total chaos. I was photographing for my book and went on a boat to photograph a pride of lions chasing a herd of buffalo; there were more than 25 boats trying to get the best view. Kruger, the Mara and Ngorongoro Crater can also be very busy, but I've never experienced anything like that before. Good to hear you had the sighting to your own - that's when you can enjoy it the most.

Beautiful expression Vincent. Lots of character in the old tree as well, the two go together very well. You did everything right as far as I can tell. I bet this would be a stunner viewed really large!