Lion Happy and Contended

[Ken Watkins]

A relatively young male relaxes in his home territory on Rhino Island, Matusadona National Park, Zimbabwe, 10th September 2010.

EOS 1D MkIV

500mm F4 IS, taken hand-held from floor of open game viewing vehicle, rather late in the evening.

F4, ISO1600, 1/500

Pesky sticks again but quite open for this area

[Harshad Barve]

Looks like he overcame few battles , regal pose , nice techs and light here , excellent job
TFS

[Ofer Levy]

I like this a lot! Lovely soft golden light and a magnificent animal well captured.

[Robert Amoruso]

Hi gaze and positioning forces a centralized placement of him but it works out OK. Nice light.

[Rachel Hollander]

Ken - Nice low POV. He looks nice and relaxed and his gaze makes the image for me.

TFS,
Rachel

[Todd Frost]

Nice soft golden light on this one Ken. As mentioned his position in frame works fine here, your pesky sticks are a non issue. Techs look good. Well done.
TFS
Todd

[Morkel Erasmus]

the pose, low angle and soft light are exquisite here Ken!

small nits would be the OOF grass stems in front of the nose, but in general as you say, quite open for this area :)

[Ken Watkins]

Thanks to everybody for your kind comments

[Dumay de Boulle]

Great IQ and textures...I really like the surroundings...Looks like true bushveld