Close up of a large male lion walking into the picture from the left. You can see the lion from the side; its head comes halfway into the picture and its body starts from its shoulder.
From the left, warm early morning sunlight falls on the lion. He is looking straight ahead so we see his head from the side. He has full shaggy mane.
The rest of the photo is actually the background and is out of focus with little bubbles of light (bokeh) in it. It's pretty bare dark bushes.
The whole photo is warm in tone, in orange and brown colors.
The photo was taken in Etosha National Park, in Namibia in Africa, when I was on safari there.
Wildlife photographer with a great passion for Africa. In the Netherlands I photograph weddings, but I go to Africa as often as I can to create new work... Read more…