This is one of the Machaton brothers just taking time out after feasting/gorging on a buffalo carcass taken down the previous evening.,Less than 10 minutes drive from camp, but perhaps the toughest of locations to get into, so huge respect Dean..
We just sat for almost 3 hours watching these guys fill themselves, moving/dragging the almost full weight of this dead buff with ease, a bit of a pain for us, as they would move it into a position not always ideal. With blood stained faces, these two lions filled themselves for sure. This was taken a little while later, constantly on guard, what caught their attention was a 'stealthy' Leopard above, looking to chance it's arm, or in this case, paw! A short while later, the Leopard moved down and then used our vehicle for cover, slipping then quietly down towards the river bed, I think to quench it's thirst, then to check the carcass later I assume, by which time we had left.
Steve
Subject: Lion on lookout (Panthera leo)
Location: SA
Camera: Canon 1DX
Lens: 200-400f/4 HH
Exposure: 1/1000s at f/5.6 ISO3200 EV +0.67
Original format: Portrait







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... Techs are indeed spot on, great detail, and that includes those lovely eye lashes...This is one beautiful young male lion who has had his fill and I so like his intense stare - was he looking at the leopard nearby? It is said that once a lion has eaten there's nothing to tempt him, but I have seen lions barely gasping for breath in the heat of the day and after a huge meal, jumping on their feet with great agility to chase another predator arriving at the scene...I am sure there's so much more where this came from...would love to know what happened next...so looking forward to your future posts...
, to get a bit more tonal variation in the subject , does look a bit flat to me , but that is just personal preference and must not fit yours
.Meaning this more for the areas apart from the face.

