Here Come The Lions

Gallery: WildlifePosted April 29, 2016122 views12 comments

During an early morning in Savute, we firstly found the Lions hunting Buffalo very badly, further along we found the Wild Dog pack huddled under a bush, After their miserable failure the sub-adult Lions saw the Dogs and decided to give chase, pathetic really as they had very little chance of catching any, and they did not.
Here a Wid Dog observes them attempting to sneak up,
EOS 1DX
200-400 mm F4 at 236 mm
F5.6
ISO 800
1/1600

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by William Bickle on April 29, 2016 at 11:44 AM

Hello Ken

Out-Standing wild dog :) Nicely captured, my first of seeing a standing wild dog.

Bill

Registered on June 13, 2011, 183 Posts, 1702 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 29, 2016 at 6:23 PM

Wonderful capture! We saw the wild dogs a number of times, luckily, but never doing anything very interesting.
Perfect exposure, composition, head-turn, and pose.
Exceptional!
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Sandor on April 29, 2016 at 7:02 PM

Ken: definitely unique and one of the most interesting photos I've ever seen of a wild dog. The pose, composition and techs are spot on. Good one! Richard

Registered on January 12, 2014, 453 Posts, 1625 Comments

Comment posted by Charles Bell on April 29, 2016 at 7:55 PM

This is a really good capture -- great to get it standing and keeping it so sharp. I imagine it is a descendent of one of the two packs that had a territorial squabble right around our vehicle in Savute on a safari back in 1997. It was an extraordinary wildlife encounter, unfortunately before I had taken up serious nature photography!

Registered on February 21, 2016, 187 Posts, 192 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Archer on April 30, 2016 at 6:57 AM

Awesome behavior action capture in great light Ken!!!

Love that intense stare!

devil

Registered on October 28, 2004, 222 Posts, 6683 Comments

Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on April 30, 2016 at 9:59 AM

Great pose n body language, a unique picture inteed!
Jagdeep rajput

Registered on April 29, 2008, 686 Posts, 2857 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on April 30, 2016 at 10:45 AM

Hi Ken,

Excellent capture--they are an innovative creature and your shot shows this well............................Jim

Registered on January 17, 2004, 705 Posts, 3594 Comments

Comment posted by Pete Bengeyfield on April 30, 2016 at 12:17 PM

Wow, that's something. Great behavior shot.

Registered on December 2, 2003, 1247 Posts, 3439 Comments

Comment posted by Brad Hill on April 30, 2016 at 5:24 PM

Good behavioural shot Ken - well-timed and the light is pretty darned sweet as well. Tiny shame about the OOF grasses in the lower-left corner, but they definitely aren't a deal-breaker...

Brad

Registered on May 29, 2007, 431 Posts, 6061 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Watkins on May 1, 2016 at 6:53 AM

Thanks everybody for your kind comments, they are much appreciated. I have been trying to get this image since my first sighting of Wild dog in Botswana in 1999, there is no doubt that digital has come to my aid.

Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments

Comment posted by Raoul Breaux Jr on May 1, 2016 at 10:40 PM

A really nice image and look at behavior, Ken. The lighting is superb. Photos like this remind me of just how tough nature can be.

Registered on April 27, 2016, 20 Posts, 142 Comments

Comment posted by David Bogener on May 5, 2016 at 2:30 PM

Great image. Love the pose and the light. Unfortunate that he is on a road and has a road in the background.

Registered on October 30, 2013, 417 Posts, 1255 Comments