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Let us prey: Fearless photographer captures image of hungry lion moments before the jungle king prepares to pounce
[*=left]Photographer Atif Saeed crept to within ten feet of the hungry male lion
[*=left]Fearless Mr Saeed left the safety of his car to sit on the ground for the shot
[*=left]As soon as the camera captured the image, Mr Saeed had to flee for his life
[*=left]The lion charged at the intrepid photographer as he closed the car's door
This is the amazing scene as a freelance photographer risks his life to capture an image of a hungry lion from just a few feet away.
Fearless Atif Saeed, 38, from Lahore, Pakistan was in the city's safari park when he spotted the male lion in the distance.
Mr Saeed got out of his car and crept up towards the hunter armed only with a camera and fired off a few frames.
Armed only with a camera, Mr Saeed, managed to capture a couple of frames before retreating to safety
Unfortunately, the clicking sound of the camera's shutter alerted the lion to Mr Saeed's presence, who was forced to retreat quite rapidly from just 10 feet away from the lion.
He said: 'I was sitting in front of him just near my car and the door of my car was open. I was sat on ground few feet away, so he was treating me like his prey.
Atif Saeed is really lucky.
Not only did the nature photographer capture an amazing shot of a male lion in a safari park near Lahore, Pakistan he lived to tell the tale.
This was almost the last photo he ever shot.
As Saeed tells the Daily Mail, he spotted the lion and decided he had to get closer.
"I was thinking I must show the character and status of lion and this was the only way I could think of to achieve this," he said.
But some noise from the camera lens or shutter attracted the lion's attention, and, just at that moment, he charged.
Saeed told the Mail he "was laughing at that time, but now when I think back about the incident I dont think I would be able to do it again. It was a pretty close encounter."
The lion was about 10 feet away when Saeed managed to jump back into his vehicle.
It turns out the lion didn't want his picture taken.
Check out more of Saeed's work on Facebook or 500px.
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