I am 58 years young, live in Johannesburg, South Africa and I'm a true product of my continent. I love the bush, the animals, sunshine, sunsets - oh well, anything to do with nature. I am unmarried and have three sons - 37, 33 and 30 respectively and three granddaugters aged 12, 6 and 4 respectively and obviously the light of my life! Photography has always been a passion and I have loved it since I can remember. I was still using a SLR camera and only switched to digital only in late 2007! My other passion is travel and I have been lucky enough to have travelled fairly widely. There are however still many, many places I would love to visit "one day." I am truly an amateur photographer and do it merely as a hobby. So please be gentle when you comment on my work. :-) Thank you Piet, my dear friend, for convincing me to place my work on Renderosity. You owe me one! Hugs, Carin xx
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Comments (41)
THROBBE
Awesome shot Carin! Thanks for sharing some of Africa with us!!!
flora-crassella
fantastic shot! Great picture!!!!
lucindawind
oh what a lucky girl you are ! absolutely fabulous capture .. thats really wonderful that they felt you meant no harm
durleybeachbum
HOW amazing, Carin!!
decie
lucky you and you got an excellent photo, I wish i had been there but known me she would bite my hand off cos i would want to pet her.I would love just to give it a gig hug:).
tizjezzme
what a special shot this is ... perfectly posed for you!
ShadowsNTime
I believe she knew! I have no fear of animals at all and I get yelled at for that, lol, but I would have tried to pet her!!! Gorgeous capture Carin, another fav for me!(((CARIN)))
BorisB
A gorgeous presentation of this "king of animals", they're looking so self confident!!
mininessie
wonderful shot here Carin :D
emmecielle
Wonderful image! :)
jendellas
Wow Carin, I am so jealous :o). What a wonderful experience, thankyou for this lovely picture.
PD154
Wonderful capture Carin, lovely golden tones to this.
MrsRatbag
Oooh, this is fantastic...I can't imagine being that close to her, you're so lucky!
amota99517
Outstanding work!
tofi
This is such a beautiful and majestic capture Carin! It must have so wonderful to come this close... and surprisingly you had no fear... this beautiful cat must of felt that warmth and sincerity from you, and seemed to be totally ready for a photograph! So very beautiful, and so happy for you that you got to experience such a lovely moment!
beachzz
Omigosh, Carin, that must have been magic---what a glorious foto!!
danob
Superb what a wonderful close up Bravo Carin
Faemike55
WOW! stunning photo and tale! Please do share those pictures, Carin!
goodoleboy
Such serenity and self confidence in this magnificent shot of the magnificent beast and her offspring, Carin! But what's with the white beard? Now if I was to humbly approach her to take a similar foto, she would probably take umbrage and have my head and camera for lunch.
babuci
Amazing photo, should be in a magazing promoting the park.
auntietk
Hierdie fotografiek is skouspelagtig, en dit maak my wil hoor die hele storie! Daar is geen geluk hier. U eenvoudig 'n uitstekende fotograaf. Beautiful work, Dierbaar!
DAVER2112
Absolutely fantastic image!! :)
bmac62
A great sense of dignity on display! Well done.
orig_buggy
Carin they are a beautiful pair!!!! You take care and be careful
onelikegod
IF THE LORD PERMITS, I WILL ONE DAY TAKE SUCH A SHOT WITHOUT THICK GLASS BETWEEN ME AND THE SUBJECT, WHETHER, LION, OR TIGER, OR CHEETA. GREAT SHOT
timtripp
superb!
danapommet
Whatever Tara said..... LOL Carin, this is such a regal capture. I understand that we all have our own unique animals and places, wherever we might live. And we all like to share our corner of the world with the rest of RR. BUT you seen to be, in the part of the world, that the rest of us want to visit your “world”. Dana
angelafair
Awesome....absolutely AWESOME!
helanker
OH MY! What an experience it must have been. I can understand why you were thrilled. It is indeed a wonderful portrait of them.
debbielove
What can I say! you are SO privileged to be able to do this.... Enjoy it while you can, people, before inconsiderate fools wipe out everything... Beautiful... Stunning.... Perfect.... Rob.