Bryanpereira
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A young male wondering around looking for breakfast
D850 200-400 f4
330mm f4 1/2500 iso 400
D850 200-400 f4
330mm f4 1/2500 iso 400
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Male lion on the prowl
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Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Brian,
How unusual is it to see such a sight! Is it 98% chance of something like that or once in 24 of your tours over the years?
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Magnificent.
West amazes me is how low lions can crouch in the grass when hunting.
I was I. Kruger National Psrk and saw a lioness waiting h by a waterhole like that and all I had was a Kodak Retinette 1B film camera with I believe a 50 mm lens or thereabouts!
Thrn I realized the problems of the shaded area under a tree where the lion was and the bright sunlit area of the wilder east by the water! Great dynamic range challenge and no telephoto zoom!
Asher
Bryanpereira
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Its not unusual at all, typically I see lions every day. Probably on a 6 day safari if your around at the right time of the day there is a chance you will see lions hunting at least a couple of times
Bryanpereira
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The only ongoing technical issue I have is that camera manufactures even with the newest mirrorless bodies dont have a good enough tracking system to cope with animals like this going through tall grass, especially if its the same color. They still build the processor to focus mostly on contrast detection so birds in the sky, or single well defined subjects. And if there are multiple lions in the grass forget about using any sort of tracking mode.
Will Thompson
Well Known Member
Greetings and welcome Brian, may I post my full mane lion picture in your thread?
Really outstanding big kitty photos here and your other posts!
Really outstanding big kitty photos here and your other posts!
Bryanpereira
New member
Thanks, sure or just post it as a new post
Will Thompson
Well Known Member
EF 200mm f2 IS USM @ f2
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Magnificent!
Is that shot through a wire fence and the wire is just out of the ficus plsbecsbsolutely?
Because a 200 mm lens might be fine for a zoo animal but not so likely to be able to capture with this on safari!
Asher
Is that shot through a wire fence and the wire is just out of the ficus plsbecsbsolutely?
Because a 200 mm lens might be fine for a zoo animal but not so likely to be able to capture with this on safari!
Asher
Will Thompson
Well Known Member
No fence
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
But still a zoo lion!