Fotógrafo se acerca demasiado a león y logra escapar con esta impresionante fotografía

Fotógrafo toma increíble imagen de león a punto de atacarlo
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Esto es a lo que llamamos mirar al peligro cara a cara.

El fotógrafo pakistaní Atif Saeed capturó esta increíble imagen de un león en un parque de vida silvestre a las afueras de Lahore, cuando lentamente salió por la puerta de su automóvil. El hombre de 38 años le dijo a NDTV que se sentó en la tierra, "a tiro de piedra" del animal, y tomó un par de fotos, pero que fue obligado a retirarse "en segundos" cuando el león se dio cuenta de que estaba allí y saltó en su dirección.

"Fue un encuentro bastante cercano", le dijo Saeed a ABC News. "Después me estaba riendo, pero no creo que pueda volver a hacer algo como eso".

Saeed se retiró hacia su auto, en donde esperamos haya puesto los seguros.

La foto se tomó en 2012, pero fue a principios de este mes cuando se volvió viral. Saeed compartió la foto en Facebook en 2013, titulándola "Rey enojado"; en enero de este año, compartió la foto en 500px, llamándola "El fantasma y la oscuridad".

--Esta nota fue publicada originalmente en inglés por Ryan Grenoble en HuffPost Green. La traducción es de Sonia Ramírez.

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