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Posted: 27 Jan 2020

Taken: 31 Mar 2018

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Lion at Night

Lion at Night
Taken during our safari at Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Near the end of the first day, the driver took us around to see some animals in the dark. He used a spotlight to illuminate them, which probably caused some irritation...

There was a pride of lions in the grass nearby, and his spotlight caught this lion quite close to us.

(The lions are over-lit, but there are now some possibly dangerous shadows. Who else is in the grass, waiting for a Sunday Challenge?)

I used the Panasonic GX85 with a long telephoto lens, and processed with GIMP.


More night photos at:

swansongrp.com/P/p/night_narrative/index.html

Amelia, PhLB - Luc Boonen, Gudrun, Eunice Perkins and 9 other people have particularly liked this photo

15 comments - The latest ones
 Christel Ehretsmann
Christel Ehretsmann club
beautiful catch...
4 years ago.
 Robert Swanson
Robert Swanson club
Thanks for the kind comment.

I was taking pictures as fast as I could. When post-processing, I saw this one, and that pretty much was the only shot from our encounter that looked good. That's the way it is with wildlife (and children, I am told). Glad you liked it.
4 years ago.
 Jeff Farley
Jeff Farley
An excellent shot Robert. Thank you for posting to FFF.
4 years ago.
 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
Awesome night shot.
4 years ago.
 Esther
Esther club
A very cool night shot.
4 years ago.
 Gillian Everett
Gillian Everett club
Wonderful to see, especially in the Kruger Park.
6 weeks ago.
 Esther
Esther club
What intense eyes.
6 weeks ago.
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
spectacular!!!!1

Happy Sunday!
6 weeks ago.
 Eunice Perkins
Eunice Perkins club
What a great shot!!
6 weeks ago.
 Xata
Xata club
Great night shot, surely lions don't enjoy spotlights but without them... no photo !
6 weeks ago.
Robert Swanson club has replied to Xata club
I don't know what they think of a "bright light" that appears when it should otherwise be dark night. They aren't completely asleep, since lions hunt primarily at night. We saw plenty of lions sleeping during the day.

The safari guide was quite liberal with his spotlight, but most of the photos didn't turn out well. Things happen quickly in these situations. One example: we were driving down the road in the dark, and suddenly had to stop right in front of a huge elephant and buddies. We had to wait for them to walk by, before moving on. No photo op.
6 weeks ago.
 Gudrun
Gudrun club
Wow, what a sight! I hope it didn't jump:-)
6 weeks ago.
 PhLB - Luc Boonen
PhLB - Luc Boonen club
Must be quite an experience. I assume you were driven in closed cabins?
6 weeks ago.
Robert Swanson club has replied to PhLB - Luc Boonen club
Riding in open safari vehicle; think very large Jeep. We were told to keep our hands and arms INSIDE, so animals would not recognize us as either food or threat.
6 weeks ago.
 Amelia
Amelia club
The eyes of the main lion are hypnotics, and the other lion shows how effective the camouflage is.
6 weeks ago.

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