Kalahari lion and flowers
January 25, 2012 Crouching Kalahari lion.
A Kalahari desert lion normally blends into the red or
other sand of the Kalahari desert to such an extent that
animals can almost walk right into them without spotting them. So when there
are exceptional rains for a short while, the desert turns into a heavenly garden of green and coloured wild flowers. During
exceptional rains like the exceptional 2010 season Flowers cover certain
areas that cannot be imagined during most of the year.
The area around the waterhole where this lion is
crouching towards a Gemsbok is normally covered in sand
and the lions are not aware that they stand out from
miles against the green and colourful background of the flowers. The Gemsbok and other antelope then approach much
closer. This pride of lion was getting notably thinner
during this period. The contrast between the lion and the
mostly dormant spiders wisk flowers especially in the
Kalahari desert makes it a unique image and gives the
lion an almost tamed dog or pet-like feeling where the
wild side has been removed.
Posted by Joe Lategan. Posted In : Creating the images
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