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Boy or Girl?

How does one identify if an Elephant is male or female by just looking at its head?

2016-11-29

Just over the fence …

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What do you see when you look out your window past your garden fence?

Well, for me most of the time it is the beautiful scenery, a nearby waterhole and often general game, like Giraffes, Zebras, Wildebeest …

But sometimes I see a cat strolling by …

This week it was a Lioness on her way to get a drink at the waterhole. I jumped into my car, drove around to the waterhole and got a few shots of her having a drink 🙂

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2016-11-25

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends in the USA – sorry that I am a day late 🙂

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2016-11-16

EYES!

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It has been years since I have created my EYES series of carnivore portraits. I love the strong expressions, especially in the feline eyes, when the color is removed from the rest of the images.

I am currently working on a new selection and this is one of my favorites so far.

Enjoy this Lion King, King of Lions!

2016-10-23

You have not heard from me for a while. But tonight is the first time in the last two weeks that I have had a bit of time to myself to write a blog message. And that will probably be the last one until early November as we are hosting a big art project at Thanda Safari and I will be in the thick of it!

So here are a few of my favorite wildlife images from the last two weeks. I hope you will enjoy them!

PS: I am happy to report that we had over 30mm rain in the last few days. Let’s hope more is on the way …

Giraffe in the morning light - during a photo shoot with a photographer for a German magazine — Giraffe in the morning light – during a photo shoot with a photographer for a German magazine

Morning after heavy rains - everything is wet - including the Lions ... — Morning after heavy rains – everything is wet – including the Lions … (taken with an iPhone 6 Plus)

The smallest calf I have seen in a long time. Sightings like this give hope ... — The smallest calf I have seen in a long time. Sightings like this give hope …

Chasing Giraffe after heavy rain in hope that they would stumble and fall - no luck this time - but a good show ... — Chasing Giraffe after heavy rain in the hope that they would stumble and fall – no luck this time – but a good show …

Let's push that one over and then feed on it for about two minutes ... typical young Elephant bull. — Let’s push that one over and then feed on it for about two minutes … typical young Elephant bull.

Smacking their lips after a drink of milk ... — Smacking their lips after a drink of milk …

Six beautiful Kudu bulls - all at once and quite relaxed - a very rare sighting ... — Six beautiful Kudu bulls – all at once and quite relaxed – a very rare sighting …

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Not the five!

An green-nosed Nyala :-)

A Wildebeest scratching …

A Kudu on the lookout …

A Zebra staring …

An alert Impala …

Grazing Warthogs …

A resting Giraffe …

2016-09-02

What a week!

Last weekend I was very busy in the office and teaching photography at Thanda. On Monday I went to Pongola to get my car serviced and for a short visit to Pakamisa. On Tuesday and Wednesday I ran errands in Durban where a met a very cute puppy dog. Yesterday and today I played again catch-up in the office.

But, I still got a bit of photography done. At Pakamisa I took some pictures of Isabella working with one of her horses and at the Thanda House Waterhole (next to my home) I got some good pictures of Elephants, of Giraffes and of a young Lioness. I also shot some good-bye pictures of our young male Lion, who will leave the reserve soon for a new home. And in between I posted one of my favorite Leopard shots (taken in 2006) on Facebook.

So, here is my week in pictures. Enjoy them and the weekend 🙂

PS: As a bonus I added a short Thanda Elephants video – four times the regular speed!