Ahh.........the wind in my hair.

[Marc Mol]

This big Mapula male was taking some time out and relaxing in between mating bouts with his female.
Moremi Game Reserve- Botswana Sept 09.
D3 500VR 1/350s ISO200@f/6.7

C & C most welcome

Cheers
Marc

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[Harshad Barve]

Oh man , what an image ,Grand settings ,
TFS

[Danny J Brown]

Great shot, Marc - I feel like I was right there with you taking the photo. Really jumps from my monitor. Lighting and color very nice.

[Steve Canuel]

Nice profile Marc. He does seem to be enjoying the breeze. Clean shot with a nice BG, good color and nice detail in the mane. Maybe a little bit of a cyan/blue cast in the white beard?

[Ken Watkins]

Marc,

Nice lion, seems quite young and a black mane. Let's hope he can breed and we can get a few nore non-mohican lions in the area. I will be extremely boring and say a little more head turn towards you would have been nice.

[Narayan Pai]

Nice close up of the King :)

[Robert Amoruso]

With the wind blowing, the looking away head turn works very well here. Nice that we see some of the eye.

[David Fletcher]

Excellent shot Marc. Wonder what he's looking at? Very nicely done.

[DanWalters]

Like the comp and the way he is looking up. Makes you wonder what he is looking at.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Marc, I like the detail in the mane, together with the glancing away pose. Good to see the eye, and maybe toning down the BG a tad, will make the colours pop even more. Well captured.