Show us your Lion Pictures

[Peter Muigai.]

Eye contact

[Peter Muigai.]

That look when she wants attention coz it's Wednesday...lol!

[Game Warden]

Let's see some more lions

[Tom Kellie]

Lion in the Grass

Photographed on 4 February, 2016 at 5:25 pm in Olare Motorogi Conservancy, Masai Mara, Kenya, with an EOS 1D X camera and an EF 400mm f/2.8L IS II super-telephoto lens.

ISO 200, f/2.8, 1/1600 sec., 400mm focal length, handheld Manual exposure.

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~ There are times when a subject compels one to push the shutter through sheer force of personality. This lion looked so soulfully that I kept clicking the shutter despite it being motionless.

What I especially liked were the grass heads bending in the light breeze. The experience at Porini Lion featured lions in the lushest green grass, epitomizing Masa Mara's rich ecosystem.

[pomkiwi]

@ Tom Kellie Lovely image. Thank-you.

[Big Andy]

Taken at Chitake Spring in October last year.

Canon 5D111 with 400mm DO lens + 1.4 converter.

F8 ISO 800 1/125.

 

 

Edited March 28, 2016 by Big Andy

[Game Warden]

@@Big Andy Fantastic. That viewpoint really tells a story.

[Ben mosquito]

@@Peter Muigai. love your eye contact.

@Big Andy, that last image is spectacular!

 

 

Masai mara 2013:

 

 

[Tomas]

Nikon D7100
Tamron 70-300

250mm

1/640
f7,1

Ruaha National Park a real lion park, this group of lions where around 15 and they took down a girafe while it was giving birth, you can se tha small one still inside! I think that the female giraffe had problem delivering and maybe the calf was allready dead and the female had an internal infection.

The Lions in Ruaha often takes giraffes and even young elephants.

Pic taken 3 days ago.

[Tom Kellie]

Safari Icon

Photographed at 6:38 am on 19 January, 2016 at Leopard Hills Private Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, South Africa, using an EOS 1D X camera and an EF 400mm f/2.8L IS II super-telephoto lens.

ISO 200, 1/320 sec., f/2.8, 400mm focal length, handheld Manual exposure.

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~ The morning game drive began by checking out a report of an overnight lion kill of an adult African buffalo. When we found the kill, this male lion was dining on it with other lions nearby.

The light was such that his mane was highlighted. The vivid intensity of his eye made a strong impression — I repeatedly pushed the shutter button. Such a fine sighting set a high standard for the entire day.

[amybatt]

Ol Kinyei Conservancy, Maasai Mara, Kenya -- February 2014

Two young brothers, I had them all to myself one night as the sun went down. We followed them until we couldn't see them any longer due to darkness. Coincidentally, I had this photo on my iPhone case for the safari I was just on (Feb 2016) and the guides recognized them and confirmed they are still alive.

 

[amybatt]

Ol Kinyei Conservancy, Maasai Mara, Kenya -- Feb 2014

Probably my favorite of any shot I've taken. I had an entire pride line up at the watering hole, but this little guy stood out.

 

[amybatt]

Olare Motorogi Conservancy, Maasai Mara, Kenya -- Feb 2014

Her eye contact was mesmerizing. Ok, maybe this is my favorite lion shot...

 

[amybatt]

Serengeti National Park, Tanzania -- Feb 2013

This was the first ever large pride I saw in the wild. I remember being completely overcome with joy.

 

[amybatt]

Ndutu, Tanzania -- Feb 2013

Despite having very full bellies, these two girls couldn't help but watch the parade of wildebeest passing right near them. It's that look that tells you that they're not wholly non-committal.

 

[Big Andy]

@@amybatt I make eighteen in post #419 do i get a prize?

 

Lovely colours on the cub at the water hole.

[amybatt]

Ha! @@Big Andy, I had to go back to my trip report to confirm, but it was 21!!

The colors on that cub photo were a total accident. I'd been playing with the "Sunrise" setting on the camera and forgot to take it off when that pride approached us. That was the (unfortunate?) result. I've since tinkered with it in various photo editors to see if I can get the cub back to a more natural yellow/brown!

[The_Norwegian]

So many great pictures of lions, i`m speechless, and quite sorry i didn`t find this forum before :-D

[theplainswanderer]

Nice to see the spike in lion shots - thought I'd add a couple

 

This young male looks like he had enjoyed a hearty meal recently with a nice fat belly!!

 

Taken at Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe 2014

 

[Game Warden]

@@theplainswanderer And yours are a nice spike as well...

[Morkel Erasmus]

Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

January 2016

[Morkel Erasmus]

Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, December 2014.

Full story here: http://bit.ly/lioncreche

 

[PT123]

Mara North 2015 -

 

Nothing spectacular or artsy...just a few snaps -

 

 

 

 

[PT123]

[Tomas]

You just want to step down and rub her belly (o:

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