Ben Joel
Camera: Sony a7RV
Lens: 100-400 GM
Aperture: f/2.8
Shutter speed: 1/1600
ISO: 100
Description: A lion and lioness mate
Story from behind the lens: While Peter Sasiet (my guide) and I were following members of the River Pride, a male from the Offbeat Coalition came to mate with one of the lionesses.
![Throes-of-Passion](https://thegreatestmaasaimara.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Throes-of-Passion-scaled.jpg)