PetaPixel It Took a Photographer 10 Years to Finally Nail the Perfect Lion Photo


A lioness crouches and drinks water from a pond, staring directly at the camera. The photo is in black and white, highlighting her intense gaze and muscular form.

Some photographs happen in an instant. Others take years to arrive. For more than a decade, I carried a very specific picture in my mind: a lion at complete ease, drinking from still water, everything calm and in balance. I knew how it should look, the light, the posture, the mood, but in the field, the moment always slipped away.

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