Pride of Etosha

by Morkel Erasmus

Gallery: WildlifePosted November 14, 201682 views4 comments

I recently spent 2 weeks in Etosha National Park, Namibia.

We spent quite some time with a pride of lions that dominate a specific fountain seeping out onto the vast pans.

I love trying to convey context and sense of place in my wildlife photos.

Techs:

Nikon D3s

Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8 VR-II @ 200mm

f5.6 | 1/320 SS | ISO-640

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on November 16, 2016 at 9:13 PM

The male looks great and I agree this provides a fine sense of place. I sort of wish the oof lions in the background were either absent, more distant or closer and better posed as my eye is pulled as I try to decide what they are up to.

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on November 18, 2016 at 10:00 AM

Great sense of place you managed to capture here. You are really good at conveying context. I have made a decision to provide more context in my own images. It is something that I have been working on lately. Really nice image.

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Comment posted by Genny K. on November 21, 2016 at 12:55 AM

I really like this. It is very different from most wildlife photos. You're right, it shows that sense of place that means so much. It pulls you right into the photo; almost makes you feel a bit nervous, like you are really there, right next to that lion, and that would make me VERY nervous.
It is not over-saturated, like so many photos are these days. It feels very natural.
Awesome, I really like it!

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on February 18, 2017 at 2:11 PM

Thanks folks. Lon, I could have gone to f8 in hindsight eh?

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