Honorable Mention / 2016 / Nature / Wildlife

Lioness On The Lookout

  • Photographer
    Paras Chandaria, Kenya

Lioness - 30 Apr 2015 - Masai Mara National Reserve - Sony
ILCA-77M2 - ISO 50 - 200mm - f/5.6 - 1/500

This is the most remarkable sighting till date. My guide spotted
this from more than a Kilometre away. I was truly shocked and
amazed at this sighting by the uniqueness and also just by the fact
from the distance my guide saw it. He said he saw something
climb a tree and that it was 90% not a leopard. We approached the
tree and took about 15 minutes to get there. When we got there
we in fact found the lioness lying on the tree. We photographed
the lioness for about 20 minutes and left. We moved not too far
and not out of sight and started having lunch. As we finished
lunch and started packing up we saw the lioness get up. I told the
guide lets go and we arrived close to the tree and positioned
ourselves luckily well enough to get this shot. She stood there for
a few minutes and then went down and walked off.