An Elegant Huntress
A tightly-framed portrait of one of the two Jacaranda Pride lionesses we encountered on the morning of 6 October, 2012, in the Motswari Private Game Reserve, South Africa.
Looking at the regal elegance of this fairly young lioness, it is hard to believe she is also a ruthless hunter, willing and able to attack and kill a 2,000kg buffalo in order to provide food for the pride.
It is nature at its harshest and most contradictory.
Published on Sunday, 16th December, 2012.
- Date: Saturday, 6th October, 2012
- Time: 8:02am
- Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
- Lens: Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM
- Extender: Canon Extender EF 2x II
- Focal length: 600mm
- Aperture: f/5.6
- Shutter speed: 1/400th of a second
- ISO: 200
- Exposure mode: Manual
- Subject distance: 9.57m
- 2012
- Africa
- Animal Kingdom
- Big Cats
- Big Five
- Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM
- Canon EOS 5D Mark II
- Canon Extender EF 2x II
- Cats
- Feature Images
- Greater Kruger National Park
- Jacaranda Pride Lions
- Lions
- Motswari Private Game Reserve
- Mpumalanga
- South Africa
- South Africa - 2012
- Timbavati Private Nature Reserve
- Wildlife
