Feasting is hard work!

Another shot from my trip to South Africa. Our jeep came across a pride of 11 lions feasting on a small giraffe. This female had to take a break from the hard work of filling her belly. :wink: This was quite a sight and came with amazing sound affects.

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D850, ISO 6400, 150-600 at 600, f/6.3, 1/640 sec, hand held.

This is full frame, though I cloned out a very minor distraction in the background.

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A fine job of isolating one face from the crowd of lions, Steve. I do find the ear on the left lion slightly distracting. You might be able to get away with a slight crop and some cloning on that side without coming too close to the main subject’s ear. Other than that, a very fine image.