狮子发出一声巨大的吼声，给了摄影师一个“生命中的震撼”

狮子发出一声巨大的吼声，给了摄影师一个“生命中的震撼”，然后向他眨眼微笑

Working as a wildlife photographer seems like the perfect job. You’re always on an adventure, one with nature, tracking and capturing beautiful photographs of majestic creatures.

野生动物摄影师似乎是一份完美的工作。你总是在冒险，一个与大自然，跟踪和捕捉美丽的照片宏伟的生物。

Well, 69-year-old wildlife photographer Gren Sowerby from Whitley Bay in Northumberland is living the dream, taking pictures of animals, landscapes, and people in Kenya, Tanzania, Crete, and the United Kingdom. Sowerby’s name recently went viral on the internet because of a burst of photos he took, showing a lion yawning and then smiling and winking at the photographer. The photos are absolutely stunning, so it’s no wonder they captured nearly everyone’s attention.

69岁的野生动物摄影师格伦·索尔比来自诺森伯兰郡的惠特利湾，他梦想成真，拍摄了肯尼亚、坦桑尼亚、克里特岛和英国的动物、风景和人。近日，索尔比的名字在网上疯传，因为他拍了一组狮子打哈欠、微笑、向摄影师眨眼的照片。这些照片绝对令人震惊，难怪它们吸引了几乎所有人的注意力。

Scroll down for Sowerby’s interviews with Bored Panda, as well as with SWNS!

快来看看Sowerby对Bored Panda和SWNS的采访吧!

Sowerby told Sophie Finnegan from SWNS that he got the shock of his life as he leaned in to take a photo and the lion let out “a huge roar.”

Sowerby告诉来自SWNS的Sophie Finnegan，当他俯身准备拍照时，狮子发出了“巨大的吼声”，这是他一生中最震惊的时刻。

“He roared to say: ‘I’m the King of the Jungle’ and then I couldn’t believe it when he smiled at me like when someone winks at you to say like: ‘Haha!’”

“他吼着说:‘我是丛林之王’，然后当他冲我笑的时候，就像有人冲你眨眼说:‘哈哈!’的时候，我简直不敢相信。”

“I was probably 10-15 meters away and he was with a lioness, she was crossing a stream. They had a kill in the bushes and I think he let out a roar probably to say that he was full!” Sowerby told SWNS. “I was taken aback by the sheer size and scale of him. From him being very still and quiet then for him to let out a big boom was quite something.”

“我大概在10-15米远的地方，他和一只母狮子在一起，她正在过河。他们在灌木丛中杀了一个人，我想他大概是吼了一声，说他吃饱了!索尔比告诉SWNS。我被他的体型和规模吓了一跳。从他非常安静的时候，发出一声巨响，对他来说是相当了不起的。”

Sowerby has been a photographer for over 37 years!

Sowerby当了37年的摄影师!

The photographer has spent the last 37+ years taking pictures of wildlife, landscapes, portraits, as well as live music. Though he started out with a 35mm film camera, he switched over to digital photography back in 2003.

这位摄影师在过去的37年里拍摄了野生动物、风景、肖像以及现场音乐。虽然他一开始用的是35毫米胶片相机，但在2003年他转向了数码摄影。

“I started 40 years ago photographing my daughter and I got the bug. It has stayed with me all this time and it’s the thought of getting better images that keeps me going,” the photographer revealed how his love for the art first started. “The new technology is part of it, but mainly it’s to get the perfect image of your subject that makes you happiest.”

“40年前我开始给我女儿拍照，然后我就迷上了摄影。这张照片一直陪伴着我，是想拍出更好的照片的想法让我坚持了下来。”摄影师透露了他对艺术的热爱是如何开始的。“新技术是其中的一部分，但主要是为了让你拍摄对象的完美形象让你最开心。”

What’s more, Sowerby told Bored Panda more details about the lion photo shoot and talked about he maintains his passion for photography. “He had just fed on a kill and was with his lioness. They both went for a drink at the stream, separately, before resting up.”

更重要的是，索尔比告诉Bored Panda关于拍摄狮子的更多细节，并谈到他仍然保持着对摄影的热情。“它刚吃了一头猎物，和它的母狮在一起。他们各自到小溪边去喝水，然后休息。”

“It’s easy to miss a shot in the excitement, just act calm and hopefully it will all come good when you look back through your images!”

“在兴奋的时候很容易错过一个镜头，只要表现得冷静，希望当你回顾你的照片时一切都会变好!”

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Image credits: Gren Sowerby / SWNS