Suicide month: Lions V's Buffalo, SLNP- Zambia Part 2Moderators: Greg B, Nnnnsic, Geoff, Glen, gstark, Moderators
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Suicide month: Lions V's Buffalo, SLNP- Zambia Part 25.48pm. +temp still hovering close to 40C!
The activity was really ramping up now, as the no tail tip female the best & most experienced hunter of the pride led the way by climbing on the back of the first buffalo. At this stage there were 3 adult females and 4 sub adults in the thick of it. D3s 500VR 1/400s f/4 ISO6400 -cropped (top & bottom only) to pano. We sat back and observed from a distance............. but now with heart/excitement level racing I needed to be closer. D3s 500VR 1/400s f/4 ISO6400 -cropped (top & bottom only) to pano. 5.56pm. Having finally positioned our vehicle closer as the action now started to spread to the river section making for some exciting water chase/dance routine sequences. D3s 500VR 1/200s f/4 ISO6400 D3s 500VR 1/200s f/4 ISO6400 Cheers Marc D4|D3S|D700+MB-D10| 14-24 |24-70|70-200 f/2.8 VRII|70-200 f/4 VR|80-400 AF-S|500VR|Sigma 150 f/2.8 macro|TC's 1.4,1.7E & 2.0III|SB 900
Re: Suicide month: Lions V's Buffalo, SLNP- Zambia Part 2Awesome!
I'm looking forward to seeing how it ends.
Re: Suicide month: Lions V's Buffalo, SLNP- Zambia Part 2simply brilliant, cant wait to see more
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Re: Suicide month: Lions V's Buffalo, SLNP- Zambia Part 2Marc
This is a great series of images made stronger by your narrayive (thanks for that). #2 here is an absolute pearler and conveys so much of the drama of the hunt. Peter
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Re: Suicide month: Lions V's Buffalo, SLNP- Zambia Part 2Another great series Marc. The one I really like here is the third one with the one to one confrontation. Also shows to what lengths the lions will go to in order to get their meal. A male buffalo is a tough animal to take down, even for a large pride of lions.
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Re: Suicide month: Lions V's Buffalo, SLNP- Zambia Part 2
Very true Andre, especially knowing that this pride took on not one, but a pair of tough bulls! And have become well known for this activity at this particular time of year, when the overall condition of general game isn't great. D4|D3S|D700+MB-D10| 14-24 |24-70|70-200 f/2.8 VRII|70-200 f/4 VR|80-400 AF-S|500VR|Sigma 150 f/2.8 macro|TC's 1.4,1.7E & 2.0III|SB 900
Suicide month: Lions V's Buffalo, SLNP- Zambia Part 2Mesmerizing stuff. Stop damn teasing with these short posts dammit !
Btw: that's ISO 6400 and cropped ? Lmfaooooooo EM1 l 7.5 l 12-40 l 14 l 17 l 25 l 45 l 60 l 75 l AW1 l V3
Re: Suicide month: Lions V's Buffalo, SLNP- Zambia Part 2
Thanks Chris The first two from here were cropped top & bottom, and the last two were pretty much F/F. D4|D3S|D700+MB-D10| 14-24 |24-70|70-200 f/2.8 VRII|70-200 f/4 VR|80-400 AF-S|500VR|Sigma 150 f/2.8 macro|TC's 1.4,1.7E & 2.0III|SB 900
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