The “expressions” before you represent one of the most curious encounters I’ve ever had with a wild animal.
As my guide and I approached this scene, it was clear we had stumbled across one of the most stunning subjects I’d worked with in 19 years on safari. Here was a beautiful male in perfect light with a non-typical auburn mane glowing against a shadowy boulder. As the truck came to a stop, I reached for my camera, and then something very unexpected happened — he began to put on a show.
In the span of only 77 seconds, I took 111 exposures of this regal gentleman. The range of “emotions” I was witnessing through the viewfinder left me in a state of awe. At the end of the brief session, he paused for a few seconds and then flopped over to take a nap. I had been there for less than 3 minutes and found myself in total disbelief. My mind was full of questions — Did he eat something that made him hallucinate? Was he having some form of a waking dream? There was nothing around that gave me any clues. He didn’t fully roar, but made a few sounds. He wasn’t yawning. There were no other animals or vehicles or bugs or noises for him to react to–just this crazy redhead putting on a show unlike anything I had ever seen.
I eventually just accepted this incredible encounter as a gift and began pondering the best way to share it so others could experience the peculiar Expressions of this remarkable King. My mind kept envisioning the “expression” I most admired weighted in the center of a collage of all the other “expressions” and when I put the proofs together back in my studio the moment came back to life.
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