Not every lion climbs, so this is the one you quietly hope the day includes. Two of them had gone up a big tree and draped themselves over the branches, legs hanging, the way a house cat spills off a shelf, only heavier.
Nobody is sure why they do it here and not everywhere. Cooler air, fewer flies, a better view of who is coming, take your pick. Whatever the reason, they had clearly decided the tree was the place to be and were not going to be talked out of it.
Both on the 135 at base ISO 100. The trick was finding an angle through the leaves that kept both cats readable without a branch across a face, which took more shuffling of the vehicle than it looks.