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A photo from our Tanzania safari in 2020: a leopard in a tree, overlooking the Serengeti savannah.
This photo was taken using an M.Zuiko 40-150mm f/2.8 Pro lens and MC-14 1.4x teleconverter @210 mm.
Animals are not as violent as one sees on tv, most of the time they are lazy and are taking naps, so the Savannah is not the massacre area one would expect, which is nice.
I never used the 70-300 lense that much and at some point I regreted buying it. I felt in love with it in this trip, I want to use it for every photo from now on and I dont mind carrying the extra kilo if I can. Also it helped that I started playing with the settings on the camera and manage understand the AF and AE lock parts, which, as embarrasing as it is, I didnt knew before.
NTHAMBO TREE CAMP | SOUTH AFRICA
Seeing a lioness hunt from so close... it's really making you a bit nervous when sitting on top of an open safari vehicle. :)
Sunrise at Leeudril, Kgalagadi, South Africa, and the lions are drinking water for the hot day ahead.
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Leopard in South Luangwa NP, Zambia.
We saw two leopards in one tree on the same time. It was the beginning of a romance and we disturbed it.
You can see that this leopard´s craving for his/her mate.
ISO 1250!
Copyright Thomas Retterath 2011. All rights reserved.
Lionesses from the Rongai Pride of the Masai Mara in Kenya with their cubs.
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Headed out on safari the questions always is "Will we be able to locate the big 5". The Lion, Elephant, Rhino, Cape Buffalo, and the Leopard!!
Our guide was great. He located tracks in the sand and knew they had to be fresh because safari trucks use this road and would have been covered with tire tracks. We followed the leopard tracks and with our guides keen instincts we came upon a young leopard who had just caught a serval. In this picture she is seen resting.
Taken in the Okavango Delta in Botswana.
Copyright 2016 Doreen Bequary
A group of African buffalos (a.k.a. Cape buffalos or Syncerus caffers) in the grasslands of the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania, Africa. Accompanied by a bunch of flies.
This photo was taken using an M.Zuiko 40-150mm f/2.8 Pro lens @45mm.
See where this photo was taken (approximately; the GPS tracker ran a bit out of sync).
Leopards (Panthera padrus) live in all but the most arid African habitats. They are one of the most far-reaching cats, found even in suburban areas. They enjoy resting on boulders, kopjes and tall trees along the riverside. They are able to make their homes anywhere there is an available food supply and a limited amount of external interference. Though leopards are adaptable, they are facing a severe drop in population as fur hunting and human encroachment create dire conflicts.
Leopards are solitary animals. They inhabit a territory spanning anywhere from one to 12 square miles, depending on the access to food. Territories for males and females frequently overlap, but they guard their regions heavily against members of the same sex. Female territories tend to be smaller, and several may be encompassed within one male territory. Males often fight over their space and will mark trees and logs throughout their area by clawing bark and spraying urine.
The beautiful Mara River female Leopard had a kill stashed up this tree. After having patrolled her territory she came back climbing the tree getting to her dinner. Photographed on a late evening drive in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya.
World Elephant Day has been celebrated every August 12th since 2012, when Patricia Sims and the Thailand-based nonprofit Elephant Reintroduction Foundation partnered to found the holiday. Over the past eight, World Elephant Day has partnered with more than 100 elephant conservation organizations from around the world, and helped to raise awareness for the need to protect and preserve elephants.
Elephants are an endangered species, and the majestic animal’s population has shrunk significantly over the past few decades. For example, in Africa, there are only about 415,000 elephants remaining; in 1989, there were 600,000, and in 1979, there were 1.3 million, according to data sent to Green Matters by Space For Giants. Many factors have contributed to elephant populations decreasing, but one of the most significant is poaching. Poachers in Africa have illegally killed an estimated 110,000 elephants over the past decade - about one quarter of what Africa’s elephant population was 10 years ago.
ONLY ELEPHANTS SHOULD WEAR IVORY!
This beautiful scene of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) grazing in the early morning light with the tallest mountain in Africa, Mt Kilimanjaro as the backdrop was captured during a photography safari on an early morning game drive in Amboseli National Park, Kenya.
The Double Cross Queen was up and about early at sunrise together with the rest of the pride. She was walking in the savannah plains showing off her beauty in the lovely golden light. Having being chased away by the King Romeo II, who was in a foul mood, she went towards the rest of the pride members.
Photographed on an early morning game drive in the Double Cross area of the Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya.
A lion cub that passed right by our jeep in Kenya, together with its mum, carrying this tuft of grass like a toy ツ
It reminds me of my dear nephew Adrian who turns 5 today, who found it really exciting that aunt was in Africa "living with" the lions ツ
My album of photos from Africa here.
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After our river boat tour on the Chobe River, we stumbled across these grazing elephants while the sun slowly dipped below the horizon.
Bryce Canyon National Park is beautiful at anytime of day. It seems to be more magical at Sunset and even more at sunrise.
KRUGER NATIONALPARK | MAZITHI DAM
Not kidding anymore... it's getting intense between these two. You can see a small cut on ones trunk in the previous shot.
Those two really weren't holding back in that situation.
African Lioness (Panthera leo) and Impala Antelope (Aepyceros melampus). Talamati, Kruger National Park, South Africa.
Today it's exactly 10 years since I took this photo from an open jeep in Kruger National Park in South Africa. I dream of going back soon with much better photo gear!
We got extra close to two groups of elephants that surrounded our car both during sunrise and sunset. It was so exciting sitting there completely still, watching them eat and walk by. Luckily our guides knew their behavior very well, so we could feel safe.
This elephant even came too close for my camera. It was shot at only 55 mm, and you can see how close I was among the elephant photos in the links below the line.
It's embarrassing how many nice pictures I still find from the trip that I haven't used yet. Must show more soon.
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Two female lions resting on a tree branch in the Tarangire National Park of Tanzania, Africa.
This photo was taken using an M.Zuiko 40-150mm f/2.8 Pro lens and MC-14 1.4x teleconverter (@210mm).
It's not every day that you can photograph a leopard with his prey, high up a tree, at eye level!
Canon R1
Canon EF600mm f/4L IS II USM
ISO 1000, f5.6, 1/250s
Young leopard in the most beautiful morning light
Samburu - Kenia
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Ein Löwenjunges des "Rongai"-Rudels in der Masai Mara (Kenia).
A "Rongai" pride lion cub in the Maasai Mara (Kenya).
It's commonly thought that a pride of lion comprises a single dominant male and his females, this is not the case. A territory is held by several males in partnership known as a coalition. There can be between two or more males in a coalition and their territory overlaps with a number of different mutually exclusive female territories. Working as a team, it is easier to dispossess older lions of their domain and keep hyenas at bay, lions’ chief competition. Collectively the males are a stronger force, can defend a larger territory and protect more females. They will split up to do patrols but rejoin as necessity requires. The coalition may be, but not always, made up of brothers. In this instance, the cooperative effort serves the perpetuity of the family genes.
With the appearance of the Six-Pack coalition in the Maasai Mara, they were quick to take over the Marsh Pride which had been the home of the Four Musketeers for a long time.
King Kibogoyo, one of the Six Pack was relaxing in the open grass savannah plains near the Topi Plains, where they have also taken over the Topi Pride. Captured on a Photography Safari on an early morning game drive in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya.
The eldest female in a Pride is the "Queen of the Jungle" as she is the one who keeps the pride together and disciplines anybody who gets out of line. She is also in the lead of all hunting expeditions passing on her wisdom to the younger Lionesses.
This beautiful lioness was eagerly looking towards the days activities of the rest of the pride which may result in a successful hunt to feed them.
This beautiful Lionesses of the Maji ya Fisi Pride was found relaxing, captured during a Photography Safari on a late evening game drive in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya.