Lion roaring as he approaches a female with intent

[Austin Thomas]

This male lion had been pursuing the females all morning. He had spent a couple of hours patiently following the females waiting for the right moment to mate.

Soon after the sun came up over the horizon he became impatient. He decided to chance his luck and approach the females with intent. This image was recorded as he was within striking distance of the female.

If you want to see her reaction then the "NOT NOW" image can found HERE

Canon 1DMK3, 300mm, f3.5, ISO400, 1/2000

C&C welcome.

Cheers

Austin

[Ken Watkins]

Austin,

Glorious rich colour, you must have had some good light.

Nice looking Lion and the pose is great.

The reaction is wonerdful as well, Lions "mating" is one of the few times Lions are active

[Hilary Hann]

Love the light and the face, lots of contained energy here. The oof background really sets off the lion.

[Steve Kaluski]

A handsome male here Austin in some great light which has given good separation between BG & subject. Personally would like to see a bit more space at the foot of the image, any more?

Think what you could have done if you had the 800mm.

TFS
Steve

BTW Great light this morning.

[Hilary Hann]

I still wonder how anyone gets an 800mm lens transported these days. It's a struggle to get normal lenses on board!

[Morkel Erasmus]

he's got quite a nice golden mane, and the light & pose are superb! I wish for a tad more space behind and below, but no deal breaker.

top notch IQ as usual

[Steve Kaluski]

[QUOTE]It's a struggle to get normal lenses on board![QUOTE]

It's easy Hilary, will show you when I am back, but you need to buy another bag. A one off and it is cabin size too. BTW the 800 is the same size as the 500.

[Rachel Hollander]

Austin - great action captured. I agree with Steve that I would prefer a little more room below.

TFS,
Rachel

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Wonderful image, really sharp with great colour. I like the open mouth showing his teeth and his razed front foot. Great eye colour as well TFS

[Todd Frost]

Very nice image Austin. Sweet light giving nice color. Good looking lion giving you a nice pose. Agree on a little more room below if you have it. Well done.
TFS
Todd

[DanWalters]

Great light and I really like the threatening pose.

[Ofer Levy]

Superb light and awesome dynamic pose - killer shot.

[Steve Canuel]

Great light, pose, and color. I especially like the four different leg positions.

[Harshad Barve]

Killer image Austin , loved the NOT NOW image too
TFS