Anton the King, a photo from Eastern Cape, Ouest

Photographer's Note

Hi Guys!
Here is completely different photo to the ones i uploaded lately. This one, quite old one was taken in Seaview Game Park in South Africa, place where i spent 4 weeks looking after this and 11 other lion cubs.
We used to wake up at 6:30 every morning, got to the kitchen and made "special milk" for 12 hungry necks, all that followe by "poo and pee" procedure, performing all these sweet babies to public and all that three times a day. When we got to the park, cubs were from 2-3 weeks old, when we were leaving to travel around southern africa, cubs were 4-5 weeks old and when we stopped by on the way home these guys were not babies anymore...4 months old cubs, but still playful and still beautiful.
Small lion on the photo is called Anton, one of the bravest and cutest cubs in the pride. He has amazingly survived terrible sking disease (as you can see, he's lacking hair on his head and even on his belly you can see he is barely hairy, but he was strong enaugh and survived!!!:)
This was an unforgetable experience for me and i'd love to say thanks to all amazing people such as Janice & Rusty Gibb (owners of the park) Lynton, Ashley, Veronica, Babs...and many others!

Enjoy*
viktor

ps: fuji sensia ISO 100, scanned negative

paulalex32, ak47apache, sleon, rushfan2112, bracasha75, fannyloh, flory, daisydaisy, adores trouve(nt) cette note utile

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paulalex32 (4) 2007-08-18 8:35

Hi Viktor,
This is an adorable picture. Unfortunately scanned images are, as we all know, difficult to work with. Still, it is an excellent POV. Congratulations on the work you and your friends did here. Cheers, Paul.

barni (15751) 2007-08-18 9:08

Hello Viktor
Très mignon cette image.
Joli portrait de ce lionceau.
Regards
Christophe

ak47apache (217) 2007-08-18 9:19

what a cute litle lion! great shot.
all the best, dany

sleon (9402) 2007-08-18 12:00

HI Viktor
What a gorgeous little baby lion! I love the way you've got down low so that even this small cub has an imposing stance, and the golden colours are enhanced by the sun. Could benefit from a bit more sharpening but still a charming shot.
Regards, Susanna

rushfan2112 (2965) 2007-08-18 12:24

Absolutely stunning. Cute, informative, graphic, intensely rich colours - this, in my opinion, must have HUGE commercial appeal. A great photo and a charming note. Regards, Paul.

bracasha75 (24591) 2007-08-18 14:01

Hello Viktor
Nice shot but where are Pumba and Timon?
Lithle joke..
Greath lion baby ,future king..
Cheers,Braca

Burberry1 (6041) 2007-08-18 14:04

Wonderful and cute baby!!!! Great compo, pov and light.
The sweetest photo I saw lately.

Agnieszka

anes_lc (14968) 2007-08-18 14:51

this is so cute...i just love how you "capture" him :)
great job viktor...
for this one special thanks for share :)
take care ,anes

sebinho342 (19329) 2007-08-18 16:23

Troooooooop mignon :)))
J'adooore, je le veux comme chat :)

fannyloh (130) 2007-08-18 18:50

Hi there, this is a very gorgeous portrait of a lion cub! so cute and adorable..
Interesting angle of shot and really captured the 'cuteness' of this little fellow..
Very interesting notes too. well done

flory (4848) 2007-08-18 22:49

hi Viktor,
and hello dear Anton,nice to meet you and heard that you are so brave!Mr.Viktor make an excellent job and explain us him experiences,thanks for that!and now i'll stay a little with you and enjoy by your beautiful eyes..

take care,both of you!
Flory

ndb1958 (9289) 2007-08-19 1:18

wow, he is so cute. A beautiful baby. I'm not to much into animal fptography, but this lets me react like a child. Nice image, Nino.

daisydaisy (255) 2007-08-19 3:22

J'adore ce cliché.
La prise de vue est intéressante.
Ce lionceau est trop mimi

John_F_Kennedy (43797) 2007-08-20 2:56

Absolutly beautiful. Really nice with great colours, sharpness.
Best wishes,
Achim

Spunkie (318) 2007-09-05 7:12

Aww... how adorable. I like your point of view from the bottom, too. Making this cub look like he has real potential to rule the world.
The colors somehow reminds me of images from old movies and it seems to be part of a story.
Love it.
tasha

adores (46979) 2007-09-14 14:52

Hi Viktor!
Really great shot! You captured the little lion so well.I love the colours. Good work with the scanner!