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How I almost became a lion's breakfast

How I almost became a lion's breakfast

I was alone with my driver-guide on our our first safari early morning drive in Maasai Mara, Kenya. Suddenly this lion started walking towards our open-air vehi...
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I was alone with my driver-guide on our our first safari early morning drive in Maasai Mara, Kenya. Suddenly this lion started walking towards our open-air vehicle. I was shooting once a minute but when it was only a few meters away, I lowered my camera and didn't even breathe until it walked past me. Whew!
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NIKON D300

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Aperture 11/1 ISO 200 Shutter 1/125 Focal Length 900/10

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Oct, 2016

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