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Jumpy

by Ken Watkins

Gallery: WildlifePosted August 16, 2014116 views7 comments
I'll be back in Etosha in week or so, so here is a nice young male we found on the road to Okandeka with his siblings (nobody else was there :smile: )Taken some time ago in 2008.
EOS 1D MkIII
500mm F4
F9
ISO 500
1/800

Comments

7 comments
Comment posted by Max Waugh on August 16, 2014 at 12:37 PM
A really pleasing color combination with that touch of blue sky. It's nice to see a pose that's a bit more dynamic from what seems to be a lethargic subject much of the time. :wink: I do think a slight crop from the bottom is appropriate, but otherwise it looks good to me.

Max
Registered on September 26, 2008, 428 Posts, 2329 Comments
Comment posted by Mario Moreno on August 16, 2014 at 2:29 PM
I think this works really nice and I echo Max's comment with regards to having captured and unusual pose. The but sky adds to it. If anything I would crop to go a bit tighter on this good looking lion. :toast:
Registered on January 24, 2012, 163 Posts, 369 Comments
Comment posted by Jim Hansen on August 17, 2014 at 12:45 AM
Good job with this one. As mentioned, most male lion pictures depict them as just laying around, while this one at least proves they are able to get up and move around, and show some animation. Nice exposure and composition.
Registered on May 5, 2011, 161 Posts, 908 Comments
Comment posted by Ken Watkins on August 17, 2014 at 3:48 AM
Thanks everybody, I much prefer to get animals doing something, sleeping Lions are all to common, so much so that we substitute the word PRIDE for LOUNGE :biggrin:
Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments
Comment posted by Lon Sharp on August 17, 2014 at 10:50 PM
Terrific pose!
Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments
Comment posted by Ajit Huilgol on August 19, 2014 at 8:38 AM
Nice, active pose, as if he is playing with his siblings, and about to pounce on one! I hope you get to see him in his full adult avatar when you visit Etosha. He should be about 10-12 years old now.
Registered on December 19, 2008, 302 Posts, 2055 Comments
Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on August 21, 2014 at 3:22 PM
Like the raised tail and head turn back to the viewer in this one Ken.
Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments