Camera: Nikon Z9

Lens: Sigma 150-600mm

Aperture: 6.3

Shutter speed: 1/1250

ISO: 320

Description: Witnessing the symbol of protection, love and survival. A mother lioness delicately carries her less than three month old cub in her powerful jaws to a place of refuge.

Story from behind the lens: Witnessing the symbol of protection, love and survival. A mother lioness delicately carries her less than three month old cub in her powerful jaws to a place of refuge.

She found a protective hiding spot beneath some large boulders where she made three separate trips, bringing each of her three precious cubs together to safety.