Morning Play

Gallery: WildlifePosted November 22, 201564 views6 comments

Lions usually like to play first thing in the morning (warming up?).
This was taken in the now almost dry Savute Channel, Botswana.
EOS 1DX
200-400 mm F4 at 200mm
F5.6
ISO 800
1/640

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Cay-Uwe Kulzer on November 22, 2015 at 3:59 AM

Ken,

a very typical behaviour of this big cats and you managed to captured it well. Another pose, like standing, may have let the action stand out stronger, altough the expression of the young male lion says a lot.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on November 22, 2015 at 9:44 AM

Superb shot - only thing that would make it better would be a lower angle but that certainly is easier said than done

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Comment posted by Mario Moreno on November 22, 2015 at 10:24 AM

Nice action captured Ken ....... a lower POV would been nice but I know this is difficult most times when shooting from a safari vehicle <div id="myEventWatcherDiv" style="display:none;"> </div>

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Comment posted by Katie Jones on November 22, 2015 at 11:19 AM

I love the action and emotion in this image. I agree with Luke and Mario about the angle, but obviously you can't just hop on the ground with a bunch of lions!

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on November 22, 2015 at 6:57 PM

Nice action shot. I shows a different side of lions other than them tearing something apart. I think they are just a bit centered in the frame.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on November 23, 2015 at 12:54 AM

Thanks for your comments.
The inevitable vehicle look down is exaggerated by the fact that we were shooting down into the channel bed.

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