JPG Magazine: Photos: "The Stare" by Simon Christen

The Stare

By Simon Christen

On 9 April 2008

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While hiking through the thick brush of the African savanna, I encountered a pack of lions feeding on a wildebeest. I froze, and slowly backed away. All of a sudden one of them noticed me and gave me the stare, implying "yea, you better back off, buddy..."

Or,

I went to the San Francisco Zoo and took a snapshot of this lioness in the lion pit.

You choose which version you like better... :-)

46 Responses

On 9 April 2008 Charles Crawford gave props:
Great picture. Perfect capture of light esp in eyes
On 9 April 2008 Frédéric Frognier gave props:
Awesome in b&w!
On 9 April 2008 Francesca Conti gave props:
great!
On 9 April 2008 Steve Boutwell said:
Great shot, but sure on the name .. more like reading the menu
On 9 April 2008 Iso gave props:
Superb picture! Excellent Black & White
On 9 April 2008 "Peggy.Sue" Harrington gave props:
Brilliant! Amazing. Wow.
On 9 April 2008 Trey Hill said:
version one please.
On 9 April 2008 John Paul gave props:
Pretty effin amazing buddy!
On 10 April 2008 Nick Edens gave props:
Wow!!! Really love it!
On 10 April 2008 Desi J. gave props:
beautiful! got my vote for sure!
On 10 April 2008 Amy Pasquantonio said:
Great anecdote, you really had me going! I absolutely love the lion's eyes, very haunting.
On 10 April 2008 Audrey Kanekoa-Madrid gave props:
First, I love your humor! Second...this deserves awards. Fabulous!!
On 11 April 2008 Mr. T gave props:
version one got my heart pumping : ) Version two is how the world works.. This image is beautiful! You totally rocked the B&W with some beautiful tones!!!
On 11 April 2008 robert parks gave props:
love the black and white
On 12 April 2008 Ashley McLaughlin gave props:
wow VERY seducing image!! great job
On 12 April 2008 Sherstin Schwartz gave props:
Fantastic capture... I love this shot.
On 13 April 2008 Brittany Biel gave props:
you should've just left version one stand by itself and i would've totally believed every word of it. but this is a beautiful capture. it's so powerful.
On 13 April 2008 Brian Starr said:
It doesn't matter which story is real because the image is powerful no matter were it was taken. As for me, I think I'm going to make a trip to the zoo...
On 14 April 2008 James Leocadi said:
wow
On 14 April 2008 Nathan Nowack said:
I'm scared!
On 15 April 2008 Simon Christen said:
Thank you for all your comments and feedback. I really enjoy them a lot and it makes me happy that you like the image.
On 18 April 2008 Kelly Maize said:
Either way, the lighting is great and the B&W was a good choice. :)
On 20 April 2008 Eleonora Federico said:
Amazing!
On 23 April 2008 Rashun Drayton said:
I won't lie, I fell for it... Great photo!!!
On 24 April 2008 Lk Murphy said:
I love the first story - but she's got an awfully clean face for feeding on a wildebeest! hehe. Beautiful photo. Beautiful.
On 24 April 2008 Lucinda Holcroft gave props:
Amazing shot! Such a beautiful creature.
On 25 April 2008 Yasmina Baggili gave props:
Really awesome picture! It rocks!
On 25 April 2008 Sherry Davis Johnson gave props:
Okay, I saw the pic, read only top of the story, voted and left. I thought Simon has "big ones!" I came back to save as a favorite and then read the rest of the story.Now I really love it!
On 25 April 2008 Sherry Davis Johnson said:
This is the winner!
On 25 April 2008 Simon Christen said:
thanks again for all your comments. I'm glad you like the photo :-)
On 25 April 2008 napa co gave props:
Wow.....
On 30 April 2008 Dave Bowden gave props:
EXCELLENT shot. One of the best B&W here. Got my vote. Good thing you backed off.... to get the proper crop for the shot :-)
On 30 April 2008 Claus Petersen said:
Amazing shot, when you look into such a beast, you really feel small...
On 2 May 2008 Tj Watt said:
Big cats are so freakin powerfull. this is a very strong image.
what smooth tones.
On 3 May 2008 diana anderson said:
i think i can actually feel her fur
On 4 May 2008 Cyril Bays gave props:
Wow!
On 14 May 2008 Pascale Claus said:
What a magnificent beauty. This is a winner. No doubt.
On 14 May 2008 Ognjen Karabegović gave props:
Exelent. When You look at his eyes,You must have respect.
On 18 May 2008 ! Slimeface said:
What a great face!!
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On 18 May 2008 James Cranston said:
good use of symmetry here.
On 25 May 2008 Jeff Hunter gave props:
Great shot
On 29 May 2008 Kathee Brown gave props:
Breathtaking!
On 30 May 2008 Tammara Terry gave props:
Amazing!
On 9 June 2008 Kimi Phillips gave props:
Beautiful and powerful image!
On 9 June 2008 Faisal Almalki said:
Love the composition and details. Beautiful
I'll go with the first scenario. LOL
On 26 July 2008 Bronwyn-Leigh Bothma gave props:
Yeah, definately San Francisco Zoo, can't fool a South African lol! Fantastically amazing shot!! So intense, powerful & magnificent! Great work!