The Quick and the Dead

[PentUp]

• PENTAX PENTAX K-5 II
• ƒ/6.3
• 330mm
• 1/400s
• ISO 400

• PENTAX PENTAX K-5 II
• ƒ/7.1
• 113mm
• 1/640s
• ISO 200

Nature can be cruel, and life can be short, in lion country.

 

[Box Man]

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Nature can be cruel, and life can be short, in lion country.

There's no question about that. Very cruel, very short, very real.

 

[PentUp]

Lions at dusk, with a Cookson's Wildebeest, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia

• PENTAX PENTAX K-7
• ƒ/5.8
• 300mm
• 1/80s
• ISO 200

• PENTAX PENTAX K-7
• ƒ/4.5
• 135mm
• 1/200s
• ISO 200

• PENTAX PENTAX K-7
• ƒ/4.5
• 135mm
• 1/80s
• ISO 200

• PENTAX PENTAX K-7
• ƒ/5.6
• 210mm
• 1/20s
• ISO 200

Pentax K7, Pentax smc DA 55-300mm

 

[Box Man]

Lions at dusk, with a Cookson's Wildebeest, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia

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Pentax K7, Pentax smc DA 55-300mm

Incredible work here! It feels like I am looking through my mother's National Geographic. LOL

 

[ootanaboot]

Yep nature has a cruel way of life. Survival.
Great documentary images you got there.

 

[stig]

Great series!

 

[RBIV]

Missed this one earlier. Great shots. Quick and the dead indeed. Nature.... All I can say is....
... YIKES !! I'll be in the Land Rover with the wide angle taking pictures of the steering wheel or something...

 

[raythentic]

Hard to imagine for us to have been hunted by such fierce predators as well, its impressive really.

Thanks for sharing these.

 

[archer]

Well done. Thanks for sharing.

 

[PentUp]

Hard to imagine for us to have been hunted by such fierce predators as well, its impressive really.

Thanks for sharing these.

It is a good thing that lions maintain a natural healthy fear of humans, despite their clear physical advantage. If not, man-eating would be the norm rather than the exception, and lions would be made extinct.