I came across this scene while on a Kenya/Tanzania safari. One tree with two lions at the base and a leopard in the top branches. The tree was to big to get both in animals in one frame and I was quite close (besides shooting wide angle they would have been tiny) Just to give you an idea of positioning and scale ive attached a shot from a cheap panasonic (as the optional upload) that happened to have the widest lens I had on hand.
In the 30 years Ive been taking photo safaris ive coma across many kills and interesting animal interactions but I've never come across a moment like this. I probably wouldnt have shot the lions or the leopard had they just been on their own, as you can see photographically the images (composition, etc) are poor, of course if it was today I would switch to video mode for a quick movie with a couple of zoom ins.
Im going again in August and October so you never know what might come up! its the unpredictability and opportunities that I love
Nikon D80 500mm f6.3 1/750 iso 400
panasonic point and shoot 17.4mm
Posted by David Bostedo on March 2, 2014 at 11:05 PM
That's awesome.... I really would like to see a wider environmental shot. Even given the conditions, I think a well taken shot of all of them together would be a keeper just for the memory, if not for a print or anything.
Posted by Bryan Pereira on March 3, 2014 at 11:35 AM
it would for sure!, I have a couple more here: http://exposuretours.com/twolionsoneleopardi.html
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2 repliesI came across this scene while on a Kenya/Tanzania safari. One tree with two lions at the base and a leopard in the top branches. The tree was to big to get both in animals in one frame and I was quite close (besides shooting wide angle they would have been tiny) Just to give you an idea of positioning and scale ive attached a shot from a cheap panasonic (as the optional upload) that happened to have the widest lens I had on hand.
In the 30 years Ive been taking photo safaris ive coma across many kills and interesting animal interactions but I've never come across a moment like this. I probably wouldnt have shot the lions or the leopard had they just been on their own, as you can see photographically the images (composition, etc) are poor, of course if it was today I would switch to video mode for a quick movie with a couple of zoom ins.
Im going again in August and October so you never know what might come up! its the unpredictability and opportunities that I love
Nikon D80 500mm f6.3 1/750 iso 400
panasonic point and shoot 17.4mm