Monday 4 March 2013

Tarangire Lions Tanzania

Lions On The Bank Of The Tarangire River

The second day of the safari it was rolling on to late afternoon, when we spotted a congregation of safari trucks on the other side of the dried out Tarangire river.

All spectators were fixated upon something that alluded us, with the convoy of vehicles on our left we came up on the bank of a river bend and that’s when it became clear what the great attraction was. A herd of elephants ambled along the dried out river bed below us as magnificent as they were they were not the great attraction that had the crowd fixated upon. It was the nine spectators that watched the elephants that were the attraction, a pride of nine lions watched the procession below out of curiosity or other intentions I am uncertain, I know lions have been known to kill young elephants but such a daring feat requires great team work and strength of numbers which this pride had. So perfectly positioned where six lions all looking down toward the elephants on the river bed, the total view to wide for the lens I had I opted to take two images and stitch them in post processing. The tree was positioned perfectly along with the symmetry of the lions the one two one two sequence.
What pleased me even more about this picture is the advantage point we had was unique from the convoy of safari vehicles on the other side of the river.

Lions On The Bank Of The Tarangire River

Lion Eyes

I once read there is nothing that compares to looking a lion in the eye and having them stare right back at you. It’s not until I experienced it did I understand how it felt, the intensity is electrifying how intimidating a big cat can make a human feel.

Lion Eyes

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