Lions thrist quencher

[Hendri Venter]

I captured this four Lions, 3 young males and one female while quenching their first one early morning in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.

Canon 1D MK IV
Canon 600 F4 IS
F5.6
ISO 400
1/3200 sec
-2/3 Step
Aperture Priority

[Harshad Barve]

Excellent image Hendri , Light and HA are just superb , I may try for real tight crop
TFS

[Marc Mol]

Love the light, colour and mood you've created here Hendri. Nice low perspective also.
TFS

[Randy Stout]

Hendri:

The colors, exposure, sharpness, poses all great here.
The bright tongues really add a punch of color.
I am guessing that had just finished eating because of the fresh blood on the face of the second one from the right.

A high impact image, coupled with good techs. Very well done.

Randy

[Robert Amoruso]

Great color and capture of the interesting action. I like the tight crop as well.

[Sid Garige]

Excellent image Vendri. Perfect composition and techs.

[Todd Frost]

Love it as posted. Wonderful comp, color and detail. Well done.
TFS
Todd

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Hendri, an image I would love to capture and one of the nicest lioness images I have seen. Great light & colour with an excellent POV.

TFS
Steve :cheers:

[DanWalters]

Great light and color. Really like the close crop.

[Morkel Erasmus]

great work here Hendri - lovely light and tight framing...must've been nice! imagine you had them to yourself?

[Hilary Hann]

Can't anything more to the comments made already … really excellent image.

[Rachel Hollander]

Hendri - beautiful image in beautiful golden light. Well done.

TFS,
Rachel

[Hendri Venter]

Thanks for the kind comments everyone. Sorry for the spelling mistake, only noticed it too late and now I cant change it. "quenching their first" should read "quenching their thirst":o

Good point Harshad - I tighter crop could work nicely here.

Yes Randy they did come of a kill but not visiible from the road.

Morkel I had them to myself for more than a hour. The nice thing about Urikaruus:)

[Danny J Brown]

Hendri,

You are on a roll with some fantastic shots. Beautifully exposed and a great moment from the great beasts. Thanks.

DB

[Hendri Venter]

Thank you Danny.