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Black and white photograph of a white lion lying in low scrub, shown in profile with its eyes half closed, pale mane bright against the darker surrounding bush.

Resting Light

Pumba Game Reserve, South Africa · December 2022

1D X Mark II, 400 millimetres, f 5.6, 1/1000 of a second, ISO 800

Asleep, more or less. The mane still does all the talking.

Middle of the afternoon and he had no intention of doing anything at all. In colour this frame is a wash of dull green and dust; in black and white the pale mane separates from the scrub and the whole picture becomes about that one bright shape lying in a dark field. Shot in profile because his eyes were half shut and pretending otherwise would have been dishonest.