I don’t know where the male lions were this weekend when I visited the National Zoo, but there were three or four female lions and it was fun to watch them play together.
I tried to get a group photo, but they were about as cooperative as kids, with one of them turning her back and another sticking out her tongue.
After a while they seemed to get bored with me and I caught one of them in a big yawn.
I wanted very much to get an action photo, but the lions seemed content to lounge around together. This is the closest thing I got to an action photo. I like it a lot, even though it is not super sharp, primarily because of the body position and the angle of the shot.
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Mike Powell 
That was really good. Are you an animal lover? (Just curious)
Thanks. Am I an animal lover? That’s a tough question to answer without a context. On the one hand, I am a meat-eating, leather-wearing person, so I am not a super vegan or political activist. On the other hand, I enjoy observing animals and had a dog for many years. In my photography, I have migrated toward nature photography and I spend hours and hours outdoors observing birds and insects and animals.
Well I REALLY am! I don’t eat meat or wear leather. Oh that sounds cool!!!!
I wonder if you heard them roar. These can be loud animals!
The female lions were pretty mellow and I didn’t hear them roar at all.
Really nice photos Mike, not the usual poses you see in most people’s photos.
Thanks, Sue. I noticed that I tended to spend a lot more time at the places I stopped at the zoo. So often, folks would stop for only a minute or two and then move on.