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2017-10-30: Monochrome Monday

Isn’t this little guy just the cutest thing you’ve ever seen?  I spotted him on my last afternoon in the Masai Mara, and while he started out acting all tough, he soon realized that we weren’t any type of threat, and relaxed completely.

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Baby elephant in the Masai Mara.  Kenya, September 2016.

 

 

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2017-10-23: Monochrome Monday

My Monochrome Monday choice for this week is from a wonderful lion sighting during my time spent in Etosha National Park in Namibia.  You really can’t ask for better than this!

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Lion brothers in Etosha National Park.  April, 2017. 1/1000sec, f10, ISO 450

 

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2017-10-16: Monochrome Monday

While we were driving from camp to the river crossing location, we came across an area where wildebeest were moving in a column, for as far and the eye could see in either direction.  I tried creating a stitched panorama, but even that only provides a hint of the overwhelming number of animals on the plains.

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2017-10-09: Monochrome Monday

This big bull elephant was the last animal I saw before heading home from my last safari adventure.  We came across him on our way back to camp for a quick breakfast before our flight out.  He was moving swiftly along the road, and in musth as well, so we stayed well out of his way.  He stopped briefly to check us out from afar, grabbed a small trunkful of sand from the road and let it fly before carrying on his way.  The way the light was falling, the sand almost makes it look like he is surrounded by confetti.

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Bull elephant on the move.  South Africa, May 2017.  1/800 sec, f6.3, ISO 560.  Converted to black and white using On1 Photo Raw.

 

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2017-10-02: Monochrome Monday

Seeing a leopard in a tree was a dream safari experience for me; I hoped that one day it would happen, but knowing the bush, I knew there was never a guarantee.  I saw my first leopard in a tree in the Okavango Delta in 2015.  And that trip, I actually had 3 different leopard in a tree sightings.  This past trip, I had just as many.  It doesn’t get old though!  Every leopard sighting is special, and seeing them up in a tree, in command of their environment, is always a magical experience.

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On watch.  A leopard surveys his domain in the Okavango Delta.  April 2017.

 

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2017-09-25: Monochrome Monday

We were lucky enough to spend about an hour with this breeding herd in the Namibian Desert.  They spent time grazing on devil’s thorn and then went down into the riverbed for a drink and a mud bath.  After that, they were off, and we headed back to camp for breakfast.

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Elephants in the Hoanib river bed.  Namibia, April 2017.

 

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2017-09-18: Monochrome Monday

I don’t want to call this a “best sighting” because it feels like I am discounting so many other amazing moments in the bush.  So I will say instead that this was a truly special sighting, made all the more memorable by how genuinely excited my ranger was to get to experience this moment.

On our last morning game drive, we decided to head out to the area where this leopard was last seen, in the hopes of seeing her, or even better, her with her 2-1/2 week old cubs.  I never imagined we’d find her transporting one of the cubs to a new den site, and that we would have close to an hour to watch her and the little ones.

I’ve posted a few more photos from this encounter so far, you can find them here if you’d like.

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The Tamboti leopard moving her cub to a new den site.  May 2017.  Londolozi Game Reserve, South Africa.  1/640 sec, f6.3, ISO 3200.

 

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2017-08-28: Monochrome Monday

A gorgeous leopard to start the week.  Enjoy!

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The Flat Rock male leopard yawning in the grass.  We spent time with him and the Piva male, who were in the midst of a territory battle.  The Piva male was recently killed by lions; I can only imagine how interesting the leopard dynamics will now be on the reserve.

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