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Black-maned Lion Of The Kalahari With Two Cubs

Black-maned Lion Of The Kalahari With Two Cubs

The black-maned lion (Panthera leo) is almost peculiar to the Kalahari area of Botswana. We were fortunate enough to come upon a pride with the male leader, 5 c...
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The black-maned lion (Panthera leo) is almost peculiar to the Kalahari area of Botswana. We were fortunate enough to come upon a pride with the male leader, 5 cubs, and 4 females. It was barely sunrise and the pride was returning from a nighttime kill of a wildebeest and feed. They were heading in for a well-earned nap. First the big male went ahead to make find a safe resting area, then he called a couple of the cubs to join him, and finally the rest of the pride came and they settled down for a nap. It was one of the most exciting things I've ever seen. At times we were within 30 feet of them in our open-topped vehicle.

The male lion sometimes exceed 550 pounds, making it the second-largest cat after the tiger.

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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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Botswana

Jul, 2018

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Zenith Award

Contest Finalist in Wildlife Families Photo Contest

Amateur Winner Animals In The Wild Photo Contest

Contest Finalist in Animals In The Wild Photo Contest

Community Choice Award

Contest Finalist in Covers Photo Contest Vol 49

Contest Finalist in The Nature Lover Photo Contest

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so pretty!

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Thank you, Gigi!

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Fabulous Image Kay of this lion family group:-)

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I do love those families!

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Wow....what an experience and event to witness. Gorgeous capture!! : )

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It truly was! Thank you!

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superb capture with lovely light

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Early morning Golden Hour!

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OMG Kay your nailed it. What a wonderful capture. I love the little guy looking out.

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Making sure Mama wasn't on the warpath :)

A beautiful family!

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Aren't they? I loved them.

Wow...just wonderful

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Thank ya, Nina!

wow , love the eyes and eyes the shot … perfect depth

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400mm all the way out

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Voted Monthly Pro :)

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My dream to photograph there!! I manifest abundance so I can do just this! Great great photo! Wonderful animals!

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I highly recommend it! Beats the zoo!.

It's always nice to see your work in the contest finalist ward category. My compliments on a well deserved award. Love this shot.

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Thank you, Unk. Now to win....

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Absolutely fantastic shot family

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Congratulations !!!! Kay, Won Contest Finalist The Nature Lover Photo Contest , good luck !!

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Thank you, Ester. Didn't win the contest....

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Beautiful!

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Congratulations in your finalist in Nature!

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Voted Celebrating Nature :)

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Love this family photo

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Congrats, Kay, on 2 Finalist Awards! Gorgeous work...

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Congrats in Finalist win!!

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Thank you, Ester!

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Congratulations Kay! Beautiful photo and well deserved. From your last trip with your brother?

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Thanks, Kathy. No, from a Botswana trip in 2014.

Just beautiful

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Congatulations !!! Kay Won Community Choice Awards, well desrved

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Thanks, Ester. I don't even know what that means.....

Join the conversation. Add a comment or even better, a critique. Let's get better together!

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Voted Creative Compositions :)

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Thank you evah so much, dahlin'

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Voted My Best Shot :)

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And again, sweetums.

Congratulations !!! Kay Won Contest Finalist in Cover Photo Contest

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nice the lion photo

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Wonderful capture! Congratulations on winning another well-deserved contest finalist award.

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Congrats on your win in animals in the wild... Just awesome shot.

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Thank you so much, Mark!

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Thanks so much!

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Congrats on being a Finalist in Animal Families, Kay!

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Don’t know how I missed this one !! Fabulous capture !!

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Thank you! It's one of my favorites.

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Location

I spent 2 weeks in Botswana on safari. One morning as we ate breakfast our guide came to tell us a pride of 10 lions had been spotted not far from our lodge. Off we go immediately and spent the morning with the pride. Here you see the male leader. There were also 5 cubs, and 4 females. It was barely sunrise and the pride was returning from a nighttime kill of a wildebeest, heading in for a well-earned nap. First the big male went ahead to make find a safe resting area, then he called a couple of the cubs to join him and have some bonding time. This picture shows that bonding. Finally the rest of the pride came and they settled down for a nap. At times we were within 30 feet of them in our open-topped vehicle. Yikes!

Time

Sunrise

Lighting

There was a grass fire burning many miles away which put some smoke in the air, making the sunrise colors muted and pink. Great Golden Hour light as well.

Equipment

Canon Mark 5D III and Canon 60D camera bodies. Canon 100-400L telephoto on one body and Canon 24-105L on the other body. My body and the top of the door served as the tripod. The vehicle had no top at all so vision was fabulous. No flash, no tripod, no beanbag. I used one camera, then the other. Both were in my lap and accessible. I knew I had plenty of battery power and media.

Inspiration

It was THERE! No question about taking as many as I could.

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I always use Adobe Camera Raw to bring the RAW file into my workflow, then open in Photoshop CC. I do minimum processing in ACR because I like the flexibility of Photoshop, ON1, and Topaz software. My workflow (almost) always consists of ACR, Photoshop CC, On1 for an HDR effect if needed, Topaz Denoise AI, Topaz Sharpen AI. I didn't do anything special to this photograph because it was so perfect straight out of ACR. A little cropping, some dodge and burn, color adjustment to make it pop a little.

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The equipment I had on this shoot, extra batteries and media, maintenance equipment like lens cleaner and cleaning cloth and blower, remote clicker, lens hoods (always, if only to protect the lens), polarizer filters, neutral density filters. Really Right Stuff tripod and ball head. bean bag.

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