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Like Father, Like Son--Black Maned Lions of the Kalahari

Like Father, Like Son--Black Maned Lions of the Kalahari

These are black maned lions of the Kalahari in Botswana. We came upon a pride of 10, the male, 5 cubs, and 4 females. They had killed a gnu the night before and...
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These are black maned lions of the Kalahari in Botswana. We came upon a pride of 10, the male, 5 cubs, and 4 females. They had killed a gnu the night before and were headed in to find shade for a rest. The male had already gone ahead to scout the territory and had just called a couple of the cubs to come to him.

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Canon EOS 5D Mark III

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Aperture f/6.7 ISO 800 Shutter 1/500 Focal Length 400/1

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Contest Finalist in Visions Of Africa Photo Contest

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Contest Finalist in Exotic Wildlife Photo Contest

Curator's Choice in Covers Photo Contest Vol 25

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AWESOME shot!!! :)

You must remember that animals color depeding on the time of year you capture these beauts, the color of the environment etc. can vary . In the.rainy rainy season theyare washed clean of dust and will "change"color. Color of lions , for instance, vary from different parts of the same country and region. Still a great capture.!!!

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The King and his cubs,what a wonderful portrait!!

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Wonderful

Beautiful, natures very best. exquisite.

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OMG !!! Stunning capture !!!!

Wow Gracie!!! Gorgeous!!!!

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Amazing capture, sharp great tone, well composed.

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Kay you rock. The lighting is perfect, the subject is outstanding and the composition is awsome. Wow mark

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light and colour look great!

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voted!

stunning !!!

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Wow I hear their calls. Voted exotic wildlife!

Voted Exotic Wildlife

Amazing shot, VOTED I hope you win!!!

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Really nice capture!
Martha

That was supposed to be a Magnificent Capture!
Rrrrrrr VB!! So incredible! (The shot, not VB!) Love it.

wonderful !!

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Dahlink, you could not have done better if you tried, I can almost feel his breath! Ogilive's comment was very interesting.

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Voted Exotic Wildlife :)

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I love it! Beautiful capture! You know I love those lions!

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Magnificent shot:-)

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Voted Exotic wildlife good luck:-)

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voted!

Congratulations! Curator's Choice in Covers Contest Vol 25

Incredible capture Gracie. Voted. Good luck! :)

Excellent group shot. Looks like they are having a growl along.

You can see how proud he looks...excellent capture !!!

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Congratulations on being a finalist in the Exotic Wildlife Photo Contest!

congrats on the Exotic Wild life finalist award .. looks like a winner to me !!

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Excellent! Congrats, Kay, on being a Finalist!

Fabulous shot.

Way to go, congratulations on your finalist award, I always liked this image.

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Congratulations. Well done

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Congrats Gracie!

If Daddy could purr....they're all purring...beautiful

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Voted Image of the Month :)

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Congratulations on your award!

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voted image of the month!

Voted Image of the Month

congratulations ! on being a finalist, good luck Gracie, ester

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How great to be a finalist....Wonderful shot...Voted .k

A must vote for Image of the year.

Love this capture

I love this! Simple, honest and a wonderful capture of a personal moment between mother and cub ! Go you !!!!

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Voted Image of the year!

Voted Image of the Year

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Voted ..image of the Year:-)

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Voted ..Image of the Year....k

Voted Image of the Year.

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voted Image of the Year

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Voted Image of the Year!

wow, this is a stunner Grace ! detail color and emotion are incredible ! Congrats on the awards , well deserved ! :)

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Voted........oooooh love it........love it....love it....k

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voted from afar wildlife!

Voted From Afar Wildlife

A very willing vote for Animal Kingdom.

Voted Animal Kingdom

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VOTED ...ANIMAL KINGDOM..K

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They shout, they sing, and they love. Voted animal Kingdom!

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Perfect - voted animal kingdom

Way to go!!!! Congratulations on a very well deserved "Feature" award. My compliments.

Voted On The Wild Side,

Congratulations !!!!! Gracie Featured Award, ester

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Beautiful..voted on the Wild side:-)

One of my favorites, voted On the Wild Side.

Voted Wildlife in Remote Places.

Voted Wildlife in Remote Places

A great shot!

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voted feline!

Voted Feline Fancy. Great image Kay.

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A favorite - voted feline fancy

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voted feline fancy!

Voted Feline Fancy

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Feline fancy....voted ..k

It's always nice to find one of your images gracing the Featured View Bug Wall. My compliments for having it in there twice.

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Well put..........another black mark against VB and their ignorant policies
I personally can see why this was awarded so many times and it should be shown

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Thanks, Glenda!

I think more VB patrons should do the same as you wrote in your photo description. Over time, the VB leaders have alienated many of us with their ignorant and blatant "rules" for their laziness of NOT giving us our due awards in our photo page. It is not clutter!!! It is acknowledgement for an outstanding image.

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Thanks for the support, Unk! More people should protest.

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Filling the mind with song - voted Visions of Africa

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Voted Visions of Africa :) (Which you will be, just a vision if you keep getting that close!)

Voted The Vision of Africa

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Congrats again, Kay, for being a Finalist!

congrats Kay .. love this .. a well deserved award :)

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Great capture !!!

Voted Around the World

Congratulations !! Kay , one of the finalist, Visions of Africa Photo Contest, good luck

Congrats Kay for being finalist!!! Now go for the 1 prize - you deserve it!! and I´ll vote for you!!

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Beautiful - voted

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Voted ...around the world comp.....Love your lons k

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Congratulations on your award!

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Voted African wildlife image..k

Voted African wildlife

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voted African wildlife!

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Thank you for submitting your wonderful photo to this challenge!

Voted Wildlife Babies

Voted Feline Beauty

Congrats on another Feature. I read your story and feel your pain. Unfortunately we all belong to a site whose powers to be do what they want. They have an attitude of like it or leave it. This site has the same revolving door policy as the progressives that have dominated Silicon Valley and the internet since the last political administration.

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i love this! voted wildlife!

Gorgeous pride the King and his babes. Beautiful site to see father and babies

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Voted Capture Cats !!

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Thank you, Gail!

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Behind The Lens

Location

Botswana in southern Africa, Kalahari Reserve

Time

Just before sunrise and through sunrise - the Golden Hour!

Lighting

It was tough not to be SO golden - golden sunrise, golden grass, golden lions. I actually had to tone down the gold on the pictures. It looked natural to my eyes, but the photos not so much. Looked like I amped up the saturation, but I didn't! For this one, I desaturated a bit.

Equipment

Canon 5D Mark III, EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM Telephoto Zoom, my knee or the door frame of the vehicle was my tripod, no flash. Nikon circular polarizer.

Inspiration

One of the guides at the "permanent tented camp we were staying in saw this pride way off in the distance on the plains. We left breakfast on the table and jumped into the vehicle (did I mention it's a topless vehicle????) and dashed off to find them.These are black maned lions of the Kalahari in Botswana. We came upon a pride of 10, the male, 5 cubs, and 4 females. They had killed a gnu the night before and were headed in to find shade for a rest. The male had already gone ahead to scout the territory and had just called a couple of the cubs to come to him. Inspiration? The opportunity to be up close and personal (sometimes TOO close for comfort) to these magnificent animals in the wild, watching them act normally. I didn't stop to frame photos and decide what was next. This was the chance of a lifetime so I steadily clicked that shutter and caught what I caught. At any time, if the lions started acting antsy, that was our cue to ease out of there. I knew I wouldn't ever have this opportunity again. So I clicked and clicked.

Editing

I shot Daylight White Balance, shutter priority (1/500) and let the camera choose the fstop. Unfortunately with that light (not very bright), the high shutter speed, as low ISO as I could go with, the DOF suffered. I focused on the animals so the grass and background pretty much blurred out. The good thing was that I mostly got the animals in detail and didn't really care that the background wasn't focused. I brought the RAW file into Adobe Camera RAW, and made a few adjustments before bringing it into Photoshop CS6. I did a little "border patrol", straightened horizons (pet peeve), then ran it through Perfect Effects 8 for a bit of HDR effect. I did a lot of denoising because despite my wishes, the ISO was high. I masked the lions and denoised the background. The I masked the background and got as much detail on the lions as possible. I desaturated the animals a little because the lighting made them seem unnaturally gold.

In my camera bag

For this particular outing, I had 2 camera bodies: Canon 5D Mark III with EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM Telephoto Zoom, and Canon 60D with Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS USM AF Lens, both with Nikon circular polarizers. Dust blower because there's a lot of that there! Also my Canon G15 point and shoot for emergency shots. But if I'm going out in the car and don't know what I'll run into to shoot, I'll have my whole set of gear - all lenses, all cameras, teleconverter, cleaning materials, 2 tripods (Manfrottos), black cloth to cover my camera viewscreen in the bright sun, mounts, manuals, guides, lots of SD and CF cards, and maybe a small laptop.

Feedback

Go to Botswana and get the best guide available! There are SO many animals there! And so fewer tourists than other African safari countries--the guide companies ensure that. Be prepared to pay dearly for this privilege. Carry your long lenses, your best camera. Leave fear behind because, let's face it, you're out there with some animals that could eat or stomp you and you're going to probably be in a topless vehicle. Finally (advice I didn't take heed of), go with photographers. I was with people with point and shoots and more interested in moving moving moving than photography. I think we all know that people who aren't photographers are rarely patient with the time it takes for a photographer to really work.

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Like Father, Like Son--Black Maned Lions of the Kalahari

These are black maned lions of the Kalahari in Botswana. We came upon a pride of 10, the male, 5 cubs, and 4 females. They had killed a gnu the night before and...
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Like Father, Like Son--Black Maned Lions of the Kalahari

These are black maned lions of the Kalahari in Botswana. We came upon a pride of 10, the male, 5 cubs, and 4 females. They had killed a gnu the night before and... Read more

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These are black maned lions of the Kalahari in Botswana. We came upon a pride of 10, the male, 5 cubs, and 4 females. They had killed a gnu the night before and...
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