Killer Lioness Image

What’s Up?

More of the same: working, swimming, and TIVO. The beautifully cool weather left in Ian’s wake has disappeared; it has been hot and muggy here most days.

Today is Wednesday 19 October 2022. I fly to Oklahoma City tomorrow for OKC PhotoCon. Wherever you are, and whatever you are doing, I hope that you too have a great day. This blog post took about thirty minutes to prepare and makes two hundred-seven days in a row with a new one.

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This image was created on 4 October 2022 by long-time friend Kevin Carlson in Kenya. He used the handheld Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM Lens (at 328mm) and the Canon EOS 7D Mark II (now replaced by the Canon EOS R7 Mirrorless Camera.) The exposure was determined by reviewing the JPEG histogram after a test exposure. ISO 800: 1/80 sec. at f/7.1 (stopped down 2/3-stop) in Manual mode. AWB at 11:02am on a cloudy day. African Lion — lioness killing Oryx

Killer Lioness Image

I first saw this image on Kevin’s Facebook page and instantly knew that I needed to share it here on the blog. He braced his rig on the railing of the safari vehicle and was able to make a sharp image at only 1/80 second. Thanks for Kevin for allowing me to share this one with you here today.

Kevin Carlson

Kevin Carlson is a freelance wildlife photographer specializing in birds. He is the author of several books — The Shorebird Guide and Birding by Impression: A Different Approach to Knowing and Identifying Birds, were both published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishers. A new book with Pete Dunne, Birds of Prey: Hawks, Eagles, Falcons and Vultures of North America was completed recently; it will be out next spring, also with Houghton Mifflin. I have authored two photography books: The Birds of Cape May and Visions: Earth’s Elements in Bird and Nature Photography, published by Schiffer Publishers in PA. He give keynote talks and workshops on birding and photography, and leads birding field trips at numerous Birding and Nature Festivals in North America, as well as around the world. He had been president of Jaeger Tours for 28 years.

The NYC Bird Photography Gang

I met Kevin on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, probably in the summer of 1984. At around the same time I met Johann Schumacher, Robert Villani, and the late Tom Vezo. We were all learning bird photography. And we all went on to have our images published nationally. Kevin was a finish carpenter, Tom had a printing business in Manhattan, Johann and Rob were graphic designers, and I was an elementary school teacher. Most folks do not think of the NYC metropolitan area as a breeding ares for nature photographers, but we proved them wrong.

Kevin is recently recovered from serious cancer surgery and is doing well.

Please Remember

I always root for the predators.

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