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Even though only part of the head is visible, there is no guessing needed to tell you what animal this is...
The right-hand side of this picture contained a blurry background of lush green vegetation (think VIBRANT green), which I found distracting from the abundancy of grey tones this female elephant's head provided.
I desaturated the picture and slightly increased contrast, to get rid of the 'disturbing' element. Tips/advice for B&W conversion are more than welcome, am still working on my digital darkroom skills...
My first safari experience rewarded me with tons of incredible sightings, including this one of an adult elephant showering itself in dust. Against the morning sun it looked like fairy dust.
Simba with furious looks is scanning near by prey in Nairobi National Park Kenya....
Very close to our vehicle.
African Elephant. Elephants at the Sabie River. The African elephant is one of "The Big Five," the five animals considered the most dangerous and difficult to hunt. The others are the Cape Buffalo, rhino, lion and leopard.
African Lion (male). We encountered this young male lion just after he had been in a battle with another lion. There is still blood on his muzzle and chin, and his right ear has been mauled. Our guide Kenny said that he had probably been in a fight over females and that since he was alone, he had lost the fight.
African Lion (male). We encountered this young male lion just after he had been in a battle with another lion. There is still blood on his muzzle and chin, and his right ear has been mauled. Our guide Kenny said that he had probably been in a fight over females and that since he was alone, he had lost the fight.
Another picture of a great sighting I had. We had found tracks for this female Leopard on the road and shortly after we found her in the bush. She was walking around, marking her territory. Suddenly she disappeared, we tried to relocate her and a few moments later we heard an alarm call from a Duiker. We drove towards the noise and found her killing the Duiker. Not even 30 seconds later a Hyena, alerted by the noise joined the party. Luckily the Leopard was quite alert as well and jumped up a tree with the Duiker in her mouth. The Hyena realised it wasn't going to get anything there so left soon after. It was really impressive to see the Leopard sprint up the tree in the blink of an eye!
This sighting is a great example why Leopards take their prey up in a tree. As they are solitary animals they wouldn't be able to protect their kill against a group of Lions or Hyenas. So by putting their kill in a tree they prevent it from being stolen by other animals, mainly Lions and Hyenas.
These two young brothers were rapidly passing close to my vehicle,they were both hungry and tired,the second one is just behind if you see carefully.Nairobi National Park.Kenya
One of the "Big Five", the Cape Buffalo. These guys were NEVER afraid of us, rather than turned and squared off to us every time we saw them. We saw this herd in the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania - an amazing place and a "must stop" location, should you be in Tanzania!
During our safari in Kenya we saw several lion families with cubs. But these young cubs in the Masaai Mara were by far the cutest, so no wonder that their mother was very happy to show them off. Unfortunately they were accompanied by a young male that, according to our guide, was probably not their father. He was very interested in the female, which didn't seem to be amused and reacted aggressively. Since male lions have the cruel habit to kill offspring of their competitors before mating, we felt rather worried for the little cubs. When we left the Mara a few days later, they were still safe and sound, and we just don't want to think of any possible tragedies that could have happened afterwards...
More photos of Kenyan wildlife you can find on Green Dreams Photography