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It's always exciting seeing lions in the wild. If you're lucky, they'll sometimes be close enough to photograph.

Whenever I return from a trip to the bush with one or two reasonable lion pictures, I count myself lucky as these magnificent predators are often spotted only in the distance.

Even when you do see them at close range, there's a good chance they'll be fast asleep!

This selection of photographs was taken in South Africa's Kruger National Park, and also in the Chobe and Moremi areas of Botswana.

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Pair of male lions Lion male Lioness and cub
Well-fed lion male Lioness close-up Lion yawning
Lion male Lion drinking Young lion, side view
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Lion male Male lion Lioness portrait
Lion male at rest Lion pride Lion stretching
Lion Picture Captions
Row 1:
1.Pair of lion males, Kruger Park, South Africa
2.Male lion, Kruger Park, South Africa
3.Lioness and cub, Mashatu GR, Botswana

Row 2:
1.Well-fed lion male, Kruger Park, South Africa
2.Lioness close-up, Mashatu GR, Botswana
3.Lion yawning, Chobe, Botswana

Row 3:
1.Lion male resting in shade, Moremi, Botswana
2.Lion drinking, Chobe, Botswana
3.Young lion side view, Mashatu GR, Botswana

Row 4:
1.Lion male with injured eye, Kruger Park, South Africa
2.Male lion standing, Kruger Park, South Africa
3.Lioness portrait, Tuli Block, Botswana

Row 5:
1.Lion male, Kruger Park, South Africa
2.Lion pride relaxing in shade, Savuti, Botswana
3.Lion stretching, Chobe, Botswana

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   Capturing Lion Pictures
The picture of the battle-scarred male lion with an injured eye (Row 4, pic 1), plus the one of the lion relaxing under a tree after a good feed (Row 5, pic 1) were both taken with an Olympus C2100 UZ digital camera.

Although this is only a 2.1 megapixel camera, it has an amazing image-stabilised 10x zoom lens, giving you the equivalent of a 38mm to 380mm lens on a 35mm camera. When you add the Olympus B300 1.7 converter, you are armed with the equivalent of a 640mm lens.

That's what allowed me to get a full-frame picture of the lion with the bad eye.

However, I do still use film for much of my photography and the other lion photos were all taken on slide film using Canon EOS bodies, fitted with either a Canon 80-200 2.8 lens or Canon 300mm F4.

Note: Since writing the above, I have acquired a Canon 100-400 image-stabilized zoom lens. Combined with my Canon SLR digital body, this provides an amazing zoom range - equal to a 160-640mm lens on a film camera.

It's a great lens when on safari in Africa, particularly if you're restricted to photographing wildlife from a vehicle, as is normally the case in the national parks of South Africa, Botswana, Kenya and Tanzania.

Even at the luxury private safari lodges in these countries, there are rules that you do not leave your game-drive vehicle - which makes perfect sense if you don't want to be some large animal's next meal!

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