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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Thirty Two: On Safari -- expressing the essence of nature > Lion hunting on Chichele Hill, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia, 2006
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10-JAN-2006

Lion hunting on Chichele Hill, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia, 2006

A nocturnal image of hunting lioness -- this one is just entering my frame, and the fading spotlight is barely illuminating her. All of which gives this photograph the nature of the hunt as I felt it -- mysterious, rushed, and distant. When a pride of lions is on the hunt at night, its members are spread out across considerable distances. Our spotter picked this lioness up in his beam as she was about fifty yards away, and as it drew closer to our vehicle, I began photographing her using the “multiple image” feature of my camera. I held my finger down on the shutter button and kept triggering the shutter several times a second. This image took 1/5th of a second. I must

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ30
1/5s f/3.6 at 49.6mm iso200 full exif

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John Reed 26-Jan-2006 04:31
I like the way the "noise" of the greenery enhances your image, adding texture to the scene. Well done, with a shot I probably would have deleted at first thought. Not now, though. I'm still learning...
Phil Douglis24-Jan-2006 23:28
Hi, Echo -- thanks for adding your voice to this gallery. There is nothing wrong with blur, if blur helps tell the story. In this case, the blur makes the animal seem, as you put it, "speedy."
Guest 24-Jan-2006 15:00
like this one. seems speedy. i al ways try to take this kind of pics but always blur blur blur.
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