This is one of the younger females of the larger pride which split a while back. Silver eye, the oldest and most ferocious sided with a couple of others and the male, 'The Prime Minister', the younger, larger group with cubs continue to clash. Sadly both prides were suffering when I was there, the smaller older pride had the skill & knowledge to hunt and take down the Buffalos, but not the numbers. The larger, younger pride had the numbers, but not the skill, so both were incredibly hungry and the cubs looked very thin. These two prides are well known, as they feed on the 'mobile kitchen', the Buffalo!
This female was lying in wait to ambush one of the tail end Buffalos. I need to find out from Brendon C how they are getting on.
Steve
Subject: Lioness waiting in ambush (Panthera leo)
Location: Duba Plains - Botswana
Camera: Canon MKIV
Lens: 500f/4 HH
Exposure: 1/1000s at f/5.6 ISO200 +0.33 stop compensation
Crop: Slight crop (original capture horizontal)
Subject distance: 15m








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