Who's the king now???

[Morkel Erasmus]

These 4 male lions in their prime were relaxing royally - surveying the kingdom they had just usurped/conquered from a coalition of older males...when a crash of white rhinos showed up and chased them off into the bush. Suddenly they didn't look so regal. To be fair there were 7 rhinos in total, which would intimidate anyone.

Taken late morning but overcast conditions softened the light.
For obvious conservation reasons I will not mention the location. :eek3:

Techs:
Nikon D7000 with Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8 VR-II @ 98mm
f8.0 @ 1/320 SS @ ISO-450 (auto ISO)

[Grady Weed]

I like the expressions on the 2 front lions. The downward cast eyes with the lifted foot say "OK, we give up". Nice to get 3 lions and 2 rhino's in one image. Are they black rhinos? The trees on the left side help to crop the rhinos and kep it looking real and not choped off.

[dankearl]

Incredible shot Morkel, You guys live in Heaven as far as I am concerned.
98mm?
Thanks for the privacy also.

[Rachel Hollander]

Morkel - what a great bush scene and well captured. Congrats on this one!

TFS,
Rachel

[Tom Graham]

Morkel, forgive me off topic, but your posting on my monitor has weird text color. Screen shot below. All the replies look fine/normal to me. Anyone else see same, just me?

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Tom

[Harshad Barve]

Terrific image Morkelbhai , How I wish this was in my files
TFS

[Morkel Erasmus]

thanks folks...


Morkel, forgive me off topic, but your posting on my monitor has weird text color. Screen shot below. All the replies look fine/normal to me. Anyone else see same, just me?

Tom

Tom, mine is set to BPN Light and it displays fine. :S3: Now, about the image??

[Marc Mol]

A very nice story told image here Morkel, the heads & tails down saunter is well displayed.
TFS

[Morkel Erasmus]

Incredible shot Morkel, You guys live in Heaven as far as I am concerned.
98mm?
Thanks for the privacy also.

Dan, they walked by right in front of the vehicle and the dominant bull rhino ended up chasing another rhino right by my door, with a lion running out in front...much too close for any images but an incredible sighting.
:t3

[Vivaldo Damilano]

All been said Morkel, love the spectators in the image they add interest, great shot.

[Steve Kaluski]

A very different & unusual image to what we normally see Morkel, rather refreshing. I very much like the POV taken here with regard to the leaving Lions. I don't think you need any separation between the lying down lion and the one walking away.

TFS
Steve

[Tom Graham]

Nice, all five critters are important part of and tell the story. Excellent timing on when to press the "trigger".
FWIW, your reply #9 above shows fine for me while original same problem.
Tom

[vikram potdar]

Great moment captured neatly. Loved the forest feel here.TFS.