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August 28, 2017

2017-08-28: Monochrome Monday

A gorgeous leopard to start the week. Enjoy!

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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August 21, 2017

2017-08-21: Monochrome Monday

Starting the week off with an elephant just seems like the right thing to do. Wishing everyone a fantastic week ahead.

2017-08-21_MM — My favourite kind of roadblock. Following behind a large bull elephant at Phinda, May 2017.

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August 14, 2017

This leopard was called Piva on Londolozi, and he was an incredibly impressive animal. At 7, he held a great territory and was one of the largest leopards in the area. When I was there in May, on our first game drive we found him having a territory stand-off with another male; and it was so interesting to watch the dynamics of the two animals.

Sadly, I read that this leopard was killed by a pride of lions over the weekend. The circle of life and the battle for space and resources can oftentimes be a cruel one to watch.

The Piva leopard of Londolozi, May 2017. 1/640 sec, f6.3, ISO 500.

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August 7, 2017

2017-08-07: Monochrome Monday

20170807_MM — A large bull elephant in the Boteti River at sunset. Leroo La Tau, Botswana. April 2017.

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August 4, 2017

2017-08-04: WPC Textures

The photo challenge prompt of the week is textures. There are a lot of directions that this can be taken; I decided on a combination of animals in their environment and animal portraits.

I hope you enjoy my take on texture.

DSC_8677-Edit — Agama Lizard, Kenya, September 2016. I like the contrast of the colourful, scaly agama lizard against the drab brown tree trunk and the spiky thorn branches.

20170426-DSC_0851-Edit — A lioness walks through the desert in Namibia, April, 2017. Desert environments can seem one dimensional from a distance, but they are full of an amazing variety of textures. Sharp rocky outcrops, weathered wood, shifting sand, sparse vegetation and of course, the landscape occasionally dotted with animals and birds.

20170509-DSC_3613-Edit — Dense fog, dry grass, the pitted sides of a termite mound. Oh, and a cheetah too 🙂 South Africa, May 2017

20170516-DSC_7675-Edit — Soft fur, spiky whiskers and a whole lot of slippery slime. A leopard cub plays in a very swampy area of the bush. South Africa, May 2017.

P1010902-Edit — The wrinkly skin of the elephant is mimicked in the tree branch shadows falling above the eye and on the ear. Kenya, September 2016.

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WPC: Textures

July 10, 2017

2017-07-10: Monochrome Monday

On one of the morning drives while staying at Phinda Vlei Lodge, we came across a male cheetah lounging on top of a small termite mound. I loved this view of him gazing off into the distance; I can only imagine what he was able to see through the mist.

Cheetah on a misty morning. Phinda Vlei, May 2017. 1/500sec, f 6.3, ISO 560

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June 26, 2017

2017-06-26: Monochrome Monday

It was the quiet, peaceful moments like this that touched me the most during my time with the gorillas.

Witnessing a peaceful moment whist out tracking the mountain gorillas.

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June 19, 2017

2017-06-19: Monochrome Monday

I wish I had an extra couple hours in each day; then I would have the free time to figure out how to extract the audio from some clips I have of this lion and his brother roaring into the night. Our vehicle was parked between the two, and being amongst lions roaring in surround sound is a heart-stopping experience. Even the cubs playing nearby stopped in their tracks! But alas, video isn’t something I’ve invested time in, so you’ll just have to make due with an image instead. But it’s a pretty nice image, if I do say so myself.

Wishing everyone a fantastic week ahead.

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June 12, 2017

2017-06-12: Monochrome Monday

Although seeing the river crossing was an all day adventure, the actual crossing itself happened in a flash, without any time to prepare. (If you missed previous posts on this, you can find some of them here or here).

Once I had the best shots I could capture of the wildebeest crossing the river, I decided to try something different, slowing down the shutter speed to highlight the movement of the animals. Nice crisp shots are all well and good, but this photo is more like the experience of being there; things happening so quickly that it is all a bit of a blur.