When we stay in our South African home, the first thing I check upon waking up is whether there is any special wildlife nearby. Through a sightings app from the Rietveld Game Reserve, residents keep each other informed. That morning, the whole pride (6 lionesses and 3 lions) were 10 minutes away from our home in Leadwood big game estate. A little after 5:00 am, we sat in our game viewer after which I shot this lion portrait not much later.
 
                                
                                        Paula Romein is a Dutch photographer who has been working for various companies since 2008. She is also a travel photographer,  which is her great passion.  
She began her studies at the Stichting Kunstzinnige Vorming in Rotterdam and later followed the course at Martin van Thiel's photography school..
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