Nat Hab's 2024 Guest Photo Contest

Species: Lion | Location: Southeast Okavango—Santawani Private Concession, Botswana

While at NatHab's Gomoti Camp during a Secluded Botswana Photo Safari in 2023, we often watched various wildlife taking advantage of the watering hole. During the golden hour the morning of our last day, a female first came to a puddle to drink followed by the sub-adult male coming in from the opposite direction to the puddle behind her. The lighting of the low Sun provided a golden hue to the scene while fully highlighting the female and partially highlighting the male. Both lions are partially reflected. The female left as the male continued to drink.

About The Photographer

Enjoys photographing wildlife, wildflowers, landscapes and macro, Entered digital photography in 2016 in preparation to first NatHab trip, Hidden Yellowstone Safari and have continued since, whether it be in my yard, at local reserves and parks, during personal travel or subsequent NatHab trips. While photographing, I prefer to vary the settings on my Nikon cameras in order to capture the scene as close to how I observe it as possible.