Table manners

[Marc Mol]

Dad was giving his son a lesson in table etiquette. In fact this pride male was far more tolerant of junior cutting in than any of the females with cubs.

They were dining out on this buffalo they had killed at sunset the previous night.

Very honoured to have a portfolio of my images which included this one, used in the upcoming Owen Prumm and Terra Mater Factual Studios 3 part film documentary called "The Lions Rule" which will air on Nat Geo Wild in the future.

http://www.terramater.at/productions/the-lions-rule/

I got to know Owen quite well whilst residing in Ruaha's dry season for the last 6 years filming lions and I was most fortunate in playing a small part working with him & the BBC last year in providing images for their respective projects.

Ruaha Nat Park- Tanzania.

Nikon D5
Nikkor 400 f/2.8E FL VR
f/5.6
1/1000s
ISO1800

Slight crop for comp, bean bag- front pax seat, curves, levels in ACR & PS CC '17.

Cheers
Marc

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Marc - Congratulations! What a great family moment. Love the nose to nose stand-off. You handled the mixed light very well. Nice one.

TFS,
Rachel

[Gabriela Plesea]

Wonderful capture Marc, and the composition is superb. Nice techs, this is well exposed despite difficult lighting conditions. Love the "conversation" here between subjects!

I so appreciate your contributions to this month's Theme - a real pleasure to view, each and every frame

Kind regards,

[Andreas Liedmann]

Congratulations Marc !
The moment between big daddy and the cub is great , in a real nice world the female would have not been in the way , but this is not always the case so this works as presented .
Lovely soft light and the warm colors adding to the mood . Very nice one !!!

TFS Andreas

[Mike Poole]

Congratulations from me as well

This is a great shot, so much going on with the tender moment between the male and the cub, the unfortunate Buffalo, and the blood stained female. Excellent work here Marc.

Mike

[keith mitchell]

Marc I think you have captured the moment beautifully,the male looks almost submissive with his ears back ,is it the cub or mother making him like that?lovely job.

Keith.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Marc this is one very appealing image, I have looked at it a few times now, the adults are pretty dramatic but that cub just amuses me no end. At first I thought it was his ears but I think it is also his eye, he seems such a persistent cheeky little chap. Great image and congratulations - well deserved I say!

[haseeb badar]

A Big Congratulations Marc -- I am late on this but sure would have not missed this !! Brilliant i should say ! The expressions says it all . Well timed and superbly framed . Loved it all the way .

TFS !