This photo was taken near Kij Kij water hole in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. We were following two adult male lions walking in the riverbed towards the water hole to drink water. At one stage the one male walk very close to my vehicle into the rising sun. I waited for him to pause for a moment or two. Those few monuments gave me the opportunity to capture this close-up portrait of a famous Kalahari lion staring into the distance with the light coming through the branches of a nearby tree.