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This lioness had just stirred a bit from what appeared to be a very restful nap, something lions do pretty much all of the time.

[Nadiya Bilovodenko]

Gorgeous lion!!!love them!!!

[Islambad]

Gorgeous! I've been shooting lions too recently!

[Maggiemae]

Is he talking to the photographer! The tongue gives it away! Great clear photo!

[Lou Ann]

She's a beauty, this is a lovely shot, sir!

[Peter]

Excellent composition focus colour and wonderful detail its a gorgeous animal and capture Ron, Fav:)

[Babs]

She is a beauty. Woken up by a photographer no doubt.

[Denise Wood]

Terrific capture :)

[summerfield]

yeah, when they're not running after you for their lunch. :-D

[Dawn]

A lovely image fav

[Tatiana]

Ей хорошо и лениво даже пошевелиться.

[Anita Campbell]

Magnificent shot of a magnificent animal. Fantastic capture, Ron. I just ordered our train tickets for the 18th. Yawn! We board the train at 7:57 in Oceanside. See you on the train!

[Day Law]

Aw, the big kitty. Nice color in the photo too.

[Rachel]

She looks very sleek and healthy.

[Elizabeth]

Great close up!

[Jorlam]

She does look kind of sleepy.. like your PoV and resulting composition.. the fact that you caught the tongue hanging out gives this a big 'cute' factor..
not only have you caught the textures in the fur but the density also.. i get the feeling that if i (stupidly) pushed my fingers into the fur there would be a resistance in getting through to the skin, immediately before i lost my arm lol..

[Chris Johnson]

Fun how you captured the tongue hanging out. Must of been pretty hot. Nice shot!!

[Poppo Livy]

Great capture Ron.

[Ron]

@olenadole @islambad @maggiemae @louannwarren @pcoulson @onewing @gilbertwood @summerfield @dawnee @simta @aglennc @dllawson @888rachel @redy4et @jorlam @cjphoto @terryliv I am so far behind it is ridiculous, but I am making a desperate attempt to catch up. Thanks so much for all of the kind comments and favs. I sincerely appreciate it given the fact that I've been incommunicado so much lately. It seems that once April arrived we all got rather busy and dispersed to a certain degree. I hate when that happens!

[Anita Campbell]

OMG!! This is out of this world fantastic, Ron. You really did get some fabulous shots that day. Another fav for me